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Gray Gables Ocean House matchbook cover

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

undated

GUSN

GUSN-289371

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Description

A green matchbook cover with gold lettering from Gray Gables Ocean House in Bourne, Mass. The matchbook advertises that the Gray Gables used to be the summer home of President Grover Cleveland.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertisements
historic sites
presidents
matchbooks

Physical Description

1 matchbook cover

Collection Code

MS028

Collection Name

Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

Reference Code

MS028.01.012.009

Places

Bourne (Barnstable county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Gray Gables (Mass.)

Material Type

matchbooks

Other People

Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908

Description Level

Item

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