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Wallpaper Scrapbook

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1820-1890

GUSN

GUSN-103739

Description

Black three-ring binder with fourteen pages of various wallpaper samples dating between 1820 and 1890.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
scrapbooks
Album
Scrapbook
Scrapbook

Inscription

"Wallpaper from / Mrs. Hibbard's / girlhood home / on loan: / E.B. Jaworski" (Sticker)

Associated Person

Jaworski, Ethel

Associated Building

Place of original use Burnham-Hibbard House,

Additional Identification Number

3467

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

Hampton, Conn (use)

Dimensions

11 1/2 x 10 3/4 x 3 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Museum Purchase

Accession Number

2008.59.1

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