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Dish towel in original packaging

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Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1950-1960

GUSN

GUSN-244677

Description

Plain-woven cotton dish towel, white ground with a red stripe along the selvages. In original plastic packaging.

Details

Descriptive Terms

dish towels
cotton (textile)
Towel, Dish

Inscription

"Martex"; "®" (printed)
"4 / KITCHEN / "BLOTTERS" / WONDERFULLY ABSORBENT / MARTEX / DISH TOWELS"; "GORIN'S" [rest is illegible]. (Glaze mark)

Additional Identification Number

66.21

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

20 x 33 3/4 (HxW) (inches)

Accession Number

2010.17.21.1

Places

Probably United States

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