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Dress Box

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1972

GUSN

GUSN-266261

Description

Box for wedding dress and cape; turquoise cardboard box; white lid with gold edges; manufacturer's logo in turquoise ink on top center of lid.

Details

Descriptive Terms

boxes (containers)
cardboard
ink
Wedding
Box

Inscription

"the Brides' shop inc./ 129 NEWBURY STREET BOSTON" (printed)
"joanne Hoepfner" (handwritten)

Associated Person

Tuttle, Joanne

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

5 1/8 x 25 1/4 x 15 1/4 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Joanne Tuttle

Accession Number

2003.19.1.3AB

Places

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

Related Items

Title Wedding Gown Accession Number 2003.19.1.1
Title Cape Accession Number 2003.19.1.2
Title Box Accession Number 2003.19.8

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