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1930s
GUSN-222761
Sheets of toilet tissue wrapped (unopened) in white papter with blue lettering; wrapping is taped together with white tape on the back, top and bottom; on front of packing, there is a blue and white wavy border inside of which reads "LaSanitas/Paper/ Pure Tissue/ Wire Hook/ S. S. Pierce Co./ Boston." The ends read "1000 sheets/ 5 x 7" and the sides read "Pure Tissue" and "Boudoir Packaging."
tissue paper
paper (fiber product)
ink
metal
Tissue
"S. S. Pierce Co./ Boston" (printed)
Unknown
2 3/4 x 7 1/4 x 5 1/8 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of George Lewis
2003.17
Sherborn (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Massachusetts (United States)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
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