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Wallpaper fragment from Mrs. Hawthorne's Parlor, The Wayside in Concord, Massachusetts. Plain, ungrounded red paper. Notes indicate that the paper was installed by former property owner Mrs. D. L. Lothrop in 1899 and removed as part of a wallpaper restoration project undertaken by the National Park Service in 1967.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper
"Mrs. Hawthorne's Parlor / The Wayside / Concord Mass" (handwritten)
"15 Rolls" (handwritten)
"Red Wallaper / 1899 Put on By Mrs. D. L. Lothrop / Mrs Hawthorne's Parlor / The Wayside / Removed 1967 / 29" wide rolls" (handwritten)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Original To The Wayside,
Unknown
11 1/2 x 19 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.361
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.360A-E
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.359
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.358
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.357
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.356AB
wall fragment
Ungrounded
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Wove
Paper
Plain Papers
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