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Four fragments of unused bandbox paper from Providence, Rhode Island. Paper depicts a men working around a horse drawn wagon with their dogs. Block-printed in white, pink, dark and light green, and green varnish on blue ground.
bandboxes (containers)
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
block printing (relief printing process)
bandboxes (containers)
Bandbox
"Hat box paper / Found in attic in / Providence, RI" (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Attic
(Manufacturer)
United States
13 1/2 (H) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.116A-D
Providence (Providence county, Rhode Island)
United States
Title Bandbox Paper Accession Number 2001.281.115
Block Printed
Varnished
unused
Blue
Original
Machine Made
Transportation
Paper
wagon
figure
men
dogs
horses
landscape
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