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1870-1920
GUSN-24143
Rectangular wooden packing crate fastened w/ nails. Lid is hinged. Top has a "X X X" piece of copper and gold painted leather w/ stamped abstract design. Crate is empty. Paper label pasted to front.
crates
iron (metal)
nailing
paper (fiber product)
printing (process)
sawing
wood (plant material)
Iron
Unidentified Paper
Mill Sawn
Nailed
Transfer Printed
CRATE, SHIPPING
Printed on front: ""T.A. Huston & Co/ Popular/ BISCUITS/ PILOT/ Auburn, Maine""
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
T.A. Huston & Co.
Unknown
11.75 x 21.75 x 13.75 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.5049
Maine (United States)
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