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Box for Home Tacks, Atlas Tack Corporation, Boston, Mass., undated

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

GUSN

GUSN-251907

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Description

One container box holds six smaller boxes labeled as 3 ounce Gimp Home Tacks, 1 ounce Curtain Home Tacks, 10 ounce Carpet Home Tacks, 12 ounce Carpet Home Tacks and 8 ounce Carpet Home Tacks (2 boxes). The second Home Tacks box is empty. A female figure dances on the box lid. The box side has a decorated image with the Company name. The square container is pink with red borders.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
packaging
tacks
boxes (containers)

Physical Description

2 boxes ; 1 3/4 x 2 1/2 x 2 1/4 inches

Collection Code

EP002

Collection Name

Ephemera collection, 2011 donation

Reference Code

EP002.02.007

Image Dimensions

1 3/4 x 2 1/2 (HxW)(inches)

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Material Type

boxes (containers)

Description Level

Item

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