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Long rectangular sack open at one end; stenciled across the front with the name of: "R.P. Gilbert" ; and a single row of vermillian thread runs across the top.
bags (generic containers)
hand sewing
hemp (fiber)
stenciling
thread
Bag
Bag
Stenciled on the front of the bag is the name: R.P. Gilbert . On a paper bag is this inscription: Fuebag from Hartford, Connecticut/To pack the family valuables in for quick removal in case of fire.
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
55 x 17 3/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1399
Connecticut (United States)
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