ca. 1925
GUSN-10953
A. G. Spaulding and Bros. swimming suit box. The top of the box (b) has a picture of two women and one man in the water. The man on the left wears a black tanksuit and is diving in the water. The woman in the middle wears a black tank suit, and her hair is black and cut into a bob. The woman on her right wears a similar suit in orange and an orange head dress. The background on the top of the box is red. Three sides of the box are red and one side is red and blue with inscription. The bottom of the box (a) is plain cardboard.
boxes (containers)
packaging
cardboard
sports
BOX
"A.G. Spaulding & Bros. / You'll look better, feel / better, swin better in a / Spaulding Swimming Suit/ (women) J.E.B's little suit."
"Spaulding / swimming suit/ (women)"
"A.G. Spaulding and Bros. / Trad / Spaulding / Mark / Est. A.D. 1876"
Spaulding & Bros. (Maker)
USA
15 1/2 x 1 3/4 x 50 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Dorina Holt
1995.12AB
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