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Box of calling cards

Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1937-1940

GUSN

GUSN-258588

Description

Cream cardboard box, RHS monogram on cover, contains about 100 calling cards for Walter Gropius. Cards measure 3" x 1 1/2".

Details

Descriptive Terms

visiting cards
paper (fiber product)
printing (process)
cardboard
Card, Calling

Inscription

"RHS / RH. STEARNS COMPANY / BOSTON" (On box.)
"WALTER GROPIUS / LINCOLN, MASSACHUSETTS, USA" (On cards.)

Associated Person

Gropius, Walter, 1883-1969

Associated Building

Original To Gropius House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

R. H. Stearns & Co.

Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Bequest of Ise Gropius

Accession Number

1984.1252

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Massachusetts (United States)
United States

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