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Rectangular wooden box (A) with attached lid (B). Box is covered with a roller-printed floral, ungrounded wallpaper, on four sides. Exterior left side is covered with paper that has nautical scene of lighthouse and ships. Interior of box is lined with a Boston newspaper dated December 30, 1859.
boxes (containers)
paper (fiber product)
wood (plant material)
Box
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
United States
4 1/4 x 8 x 5 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.17AB
Machine Printed
Ungrounded
Original
Machine Made
Paper
Floral
Nautical
Sea
Ships
Lighthouse
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