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Rolled fragment of wallpaper manufactured by Becker, Smith and Page, Inc. of Philadelphia. Paper has a landscape pattern of rolling hills with trees, shrubs and small houses printed over a speckled background pattern of black dots. Roller-printed in black, blues, greens, brown, yellow and white on ungrounded paper. Pattern number 240 and manufacturer's name printed in selvedge.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
scenic wallpapers
Wallpaper
"BECKER SMITH & PAGE INC. PHILA / 240 / 3" (printed)
"Mrs. H. W. Bishop - Essex, Mass" (handwritten)
240
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Becker, Smith & Page (Manufacturer)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
25 1/2 x 19 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.1171
Essex (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Philadelphia (Philadelphia county, Pennsylvania)
Machine Printed
Unused
Ungrounded
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
Landscape
Trees
Houses
Speckled pattern
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