POP-UP HISTORY EXHIBIT

Innovations in Blue: An exhibit by White Oak Legacy Foundation

Come learn about a moment in denim history that occurred at the historic White Oak Denim Mill 100 years ago and led to the development of American blue jeans.

Exhibit runs October 10, 2021 - March 31, 2022 in the Atrium of 1250 Revolution Mill in Greensboro, NC.

Admission is Free - For information or a special tour contact: denim101@wolfdenim.org

Special Thank You To:

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The Exhibit Curator: Daniel Spock is a museum exhibition and planning consultant. He is Director of Exhibits/Design at the North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh, N.C. Previously, he was at the Levine Museum of the New South in Charlotte, N.C., and for 20 years prior led the museum program at the Minnesota Historical Society.

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Revolution Mill was opened in 1898 by brothers Moses and Ceasar Cone. The first flannel mill in the South, Revolution helped establish Greensboro’s manufacturing tradition and the Triad’s prominence as the center of North Carolina textile manufacturing. In 1984, Revolution Mill ceased production and shuttered its doors, sitting vacant for the next two decades before early redevelopment efforts began.

With a vision of restoring and revitalizing Revolution Mill, Self-Help set out to turn the historic property into a space for creative work and creative living. Revolution Mill has transformed into a destination campus that includes more than 100 businesses, meeting & conference facilities, 150 loft apartments, outdoor performance spaces, public art galleries, restaurants and coffee shops, greenway trails and more!

Left: Floyd Virgil Hayes, White Oak dye master Right: Before the 1921 invention, workers at the White Oak plant dyed cotton yarn with indigo using giant vats, a slow and inefficient method.
The “Touchstone patent” awarded by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office in 1921.
Figure 1 from the 1921 patent shows the invention. A large, mechanical, assembly-line approach to dyeing cotton yarns with indigo. A revolutionary development for denim fabric production.
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