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1922
Product catalogues: Art and photography supplies: Art and craft supplies
GUSN-267232
The item is an instruction book for creating jewelry, enamel, and place cards out of sealing wax. Text on the back cover reads "From Goodman's Bookstore, 25 Hanover Street, Manchester, N.H." One book has a leaflet titles "Sealing Wax Beads and How to Make Them" with a newspaper clipping on the topic inside. There is a pamphlet titled "Dennison's Sealing Wax Craft" which has a color chart. A newspaper clipping titled "Pretty Things Made With Sealing Wax" is among the loose items.
wax
beads (pierced objects)
necklaces
pendants (jewelry)
enamel (fused coating)
boxes (containers)
place cards
paint (coating)
advertising
business (commercial function)
artists' materials
wax-modeling
books
instructional materials
2 books, 24 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 7 3/4 x 5 inches
EP001
Ephemera collection
2000
EP001.12.003.001.013
Library & Archives Purchase
7 3/4 x 5 (HxW)(inches)
Framingham (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Manchester (Hillsborough county, New Hampshire)
books
instructional materials
Dennison Manufacturing Co.
Goodman's Bookstore
Item
Product catalogues: Art and photography supplies: Art and craft supplies
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