My suggestion would be to try the Kirkcaldy Museum in Fife, Scotland.
They've helped me with lino questions in the past.
Ian Evans
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Ian Evans, OAM, PhD
The Flannel Flower Press & World of Old Houses (www.oldhouses.com.au)
PO Box 591
Mullumbimby, NSW, Australia 2482
Phone/fax 02 6684 7677 (+612 6684 7677)
On 27 July 2015 at 17:00, HISTARCH automatic digest system <[log in to unmask]
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> 1. follow-up to request for help in id of linoleum
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> Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2015 23:01:29 +0000
> From: Charles Neel <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: follow-up to request for help in id of linoleum
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> Well, I can tell you what it is not. I have two linoleum catalogs:
> Armstrong Pattern Book 1939 and 1940. The pattern in not in either one,
> however it does resemble the general floral patterns of some of the "Quaker
> Rugs." These are made to look like rugs with borders and are ordered in
> individual sizes (6 x 9, 9 x 12 etc.) like rugs, not the simple roll
> linoleum bought by the foot.
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> Charles D. Neel
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> From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Marybeth S
> Tomka [[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, July 24, 2015 4:18 PM
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> Subject: follow-up to request for help in id of linoleum
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> I asked earlier this week for help in identification of a piece of
> linoleum. Since then, Mike Flannigan upload the picture to a site so
> others could view the specimen. Here is the link :
> http://www.mflan.com/temp/harrison_house_linoleum_pannel.jpg
>
> I would greatly appreciated any information you all wise ones could
> provide.
>
> Thank you and have a great weekend!
>
> Marybeth
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> Marybeth S. F. Tomka, M.A., PS Cert CM
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