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Bed sheet, flat, white (double bed). Includes original manufacturers label.
sheets (bed coverings)
cotton (textile)
weaving
Sheet
Sheet
Tag at top of sheet: ""TYPE 128 81 x 108 BEFORE HEMMING"" Tag at corner of sheet: Side one: ""[triangle] Pepperell/ Double Bed"" Side two: ""TORN SIZE 81 x 108 Pat. No. 2059092"" Wrapper: ""The day will come when Pepperell Red Label sheets will again be delivered to you in the box you know so well. Just now we are packing them in this manner to save materials for the Defense Program.""
Pepperell Mills (Maker)
Biddeford, ME, USA
81 x 108 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Jane C. Nylander
1999.66
Maine (United States)
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