QUILT HISTORY STORIES
ELGIN, ILLINOIS
Collingbourne Mills and Virginia Snow Studios Story
Book 1 and Book 2
Susan Wildemuth, Atkinson, IL
Lists
Logos, Trademarks, Symbols, and Illustrations
Collingbourne Mills and Collingbourne Mills, Inc.
1. The ABC logo is derived from the initials of Albert B. Collingbourne’s names, but he also used it to symbolize America’s Best Cotton.
2. N.G.B. Dexter (as used by Collingbourne)
3. America First – Last & Always. Eagle Symbol and words.
4. Grandma Dexter in Rocking Chair Sewing
5. Collingbourne Mills and the Collingbourne Mills Chimney
One of the most interesting advertising tools used by Albert Collingbourne was the chimney at the Collingbourne Mills plant. Richard Collingbourne shares, “When my dad constructed the large chimney with the Collingbourne name at the mill, he used porcelain faced bricks for the letters so that it could not be painted over, but unfortunately the chimney is gone even though the building that housed Collingbourne Mills Inc. still stands.”
Virginia Snow Studios
1. Virginia Snow Studios, Elgin, Illinois. Ball of Thread with the ABC symbol in the middle of the upside-down triangle.
