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Instructional Sign

Collection Type

  • Tools and equipment

Date

1948

GUSN

GUSN-22984

Description

Instructional sign, paper, with black lettering and an image of a chenille bedspread on a clothesline. Explains how to best dry chenille.

Details

Descriptive Terms

signs (declatory or advertising artifacts)
paper (fiber product)
printing (process)
Sign
Sign, Instructional
Sign, Instructional

Inscription

Printed on sign: ""FRESH CHEESE/ To keep cheese fresh,/ cover with a cloth/ which has been lightly/ moistened in vinegar./ HELPFUL HINTS/ BY JANE TUCKER/ COPYRIGHT 1948, FIELDER, SORENSEN & DAVIS"" Additional message on reverse.

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

People and Organizations

Jane Nichols Tucker

Maker

Fielder, Sorensen, & Davis (Maker)

Location of Origin

San Francisco, CA, USA

Dimensions

11 x 14 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.4707

Places

California (United States)

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