About 40 of the 153 sacks in the museum’s permanent collection are on display. The bulk of the collection was donated by the owner of the Spokane Flour Mill when it shut down during the early 1970s.

Wearing a flour-sack dress got you labeled as poor and sent you down a rung or two in social circles. So, the flower and seed companies started printing their sacks with smaller logos and pretty ...

Ruel C. Gridley, an ardent Copperhead, lost the bet and, as agreed, carried a 50 pound sack of flour from his store down the town's main street, marching to the tune of "Old John Brown".

“I came to get a sack of flour… a sardine tin or anything,” he told AFP. “There is no food in my house, and I can’t get food for my children,” he said.