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1950-1980
GUSN-21623
Boat cushion/ flotation device; square shaped w/ 2 red looped handles on sides; red top and bottom surfaces w/ white around sides; tiny holes around sides.
life preservers
plastic (organic material)
Plastic
FLOAT, LIFE
Printed on tag on side: ""APPROVED BUOYANT CUSHION/ MANUFACTURED BY/ WALLACE MFG. COMPANY/ BOSTON, MASS.""
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Wallace Mfg. Company (Maker)
Boston, MA, USA
15 x 15 x 2.25 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.3203
Massachusetts (United States)
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