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Handmade folder used to hold family documents. The folder is one of a group of twenty-one created by Olive Percival of Los Angeles, California. It is labeled "Percival - Boston Transcripts 1921." The folder is made from a piece of wallpaper roller-printed with a floral diamond pattern in pink over a background of thin olive and white stripes over tan ground. The wallpaper is backed with a plain white paper. There is an interior pocket made from a third paper, which is off-white with a smooth, polished finish.
folders (containers)
coverings and hangings for documents
paper (fiber product)
wallpapers
folders (containers)
Folder, File
"Percival - / Boston Transcript / 1921 -" (Written by Olive Percival.)
Percival, Olive, Miss, 1868-1945
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Percival, Olive, Miss, 1868-1945 (Maker)
Los Angeles, California, United States
9 x 7 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.1193.10
Los Angeles (Los Angeles county, California)
Los Angeles (Los Angeles county, California)
Machine Printed
Handmade document folder
Tan
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
Diamond
Stylized flowers
Floral Vine
Stripes
Diaper Pattern
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