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Unused length of bandbox paper. The paper is printed with a scene of men working around a horse drawn wagon in a landscape with trees and brush. Three dogs accompany the men. The paper is block-printed in pink, dark pink, white and green varnish on cobalt blue ground.
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"G55 / Hatbox paper - / Hatbox paper / found in attic in Providence, R. I. / Hatbox paper / Providence, R. I." (All text in pencil, except last two lines in ballpoint pen.)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
United States
13 1/4 x 37 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.116E
Providence (Providence county, Rhode Island)
United States
Title Bandbox Accession Number 2001.281.2AB
Block Printed
Varnished
unused
Blue
Original
Handmade
Bandbox Paper
Wove
Paper
Landscape
Carriage
Horses
Dogs
men
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