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Document Folder

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1910-1930

GUSN

GUSN-293763

Description

Small, wallpaper covered folder used to hold family documents. The folder is one of a group of twenty-two created by Olive Percival of Los Angeles, California. This folder's label, handwritten by Percival, indicates it held "Lineage Data" from geneologist T. M. Strobridge. The folder, commercially made to hold envelopes or other small documents, is made from tri-folded, heavy-stock paper and has metal edges on one side. It has been covered in an Arts and Crafts style floral wallpaper with a pattern of stylized branches with multi-colored leaves and small red flowers on blue background. It is roller-printed in three greens, two blues, brown and red on ungrounded paper.

Details

Descriptive Terms

folders (containers)
coverings and hangings for documents
pasteboard (paper)
wallpapers
metal
Arts and Crafts (movement)
floral patterns
folders (containers)
Folder, File

Inscription

"Lineage / Data - / From T. M. Strobridge / Genealogist, / et al. - " (Written by Olive Percival.)

Associated Person

Percival, Olive, Miss, 1868-1945
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.

Maker

Percival, Olive, Miss, 1868-1945 (Maker)

Location of Origin

Los Angeles, California, United States

Dimensions

9 7/8 x 5 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bernard Scott

Accession Number

2001.281.1193.15

Places

Los Angeles (Los Angeles county, California)
Los Angeles (Los Angeles county, California)

Wallpaper Details

Print Technique

Machine Printed

Form

Document folder cover.

Ground Color

Ungrounded

State

Original

Type

Machine Made

Use

Sidewall/Fill

Medium

Paper

Decor Motif

Branches
Leaves
Flowers

Period/Style

Arts and Crafts
Floral

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