Purpose of B18 Blankets

[Jobu]

Craig, Rocky - glad to see you find this photo to be as fun as I do!

I tried to get a bigger and darker image of the pillow for a closer look (just checking for ink stains ).

[ThomasL]

Im suspicious that they were pen wipes as a quick ebay search revealed very few with ink stains (logically it stands to reason if that was the intended use there would be a lot).

Also the here is an ad from 1914 for the Sovereign Cigarettes "Flag Blankets"...no mention of blotter or ink anywhere in the ad that I can see (4-5-1914 The News and Observer, Raleigh, NC)

[ThomasL]

nevermind it was too big to upload I guess, but the citation is there for you to look up the ad for the Flag Blankets

[swarmee]

Originally Posted by ThomasL

nevermind it was too big to upload I guess, but the citation is there for you to look up the ad for the Flag Blankets

They've already been posted in Post 21.

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by Jobu

Craig, Rocky - glad to see you find this photo to be as fun as I do! I tried to get a bigger and darker image of the pillow for a closer look (just checking for ink stains ).

Such a cool photo, Bryan, wonderful to see "our stuff" in contemporaneous images.

[BuzzD]

I have one with an ink blot - I always wondered why, so the explanation makes sense to me

[Orioles1954]

The purpose of B18 Blankets was to annoy auction writers 100 years later.

[Orioles1954]

I have handled several thousand B18 blankets. Have never seen one with ink marks. However, I've seen hundreds with stitch markings, ya know, for blankets!