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Handmade envelope. One of a group of twenty-two enclosures created by Olive Percival of Los Angeles, California to house family documents. The envelope, which is open at the top, is made of white paper and stamped or printed with a blue geometric zig-zag pattern. On one side of the envelop is a black, circular handmade stamp with stylized lettering spelling "Percival." The envelope is labeled "Genealogical Data From dear Cousin Miles Wells Groves of Hartford" in Percival's handwriting.
envelopes
coverings and hangings for documents
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block printing (relief printing process)
stamping (marking)
geometric patterns
envelopes
Envelope
"Genealogical Data / From dear / Cousin Miles Wells Graves / of Hartford - and / from this / that M. Strobridge / wrote my Genealogical Fam / Record - / Graves " (Written by Olive Percival.)
"Graves - / Percival / Graves Miscellaneous / Lines / From M. W. G. - " (handwritten)
Percival, Olive, Miss, 1868-1945
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Percival, Olive, Miss, 1868-1945 (Maker)
Los Angeles, California, United States
10 1/2 x 7 1/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.1193.21
Los Angeles (Los Angeles county, California)
Hartford (Hartford county, Connecticut)
Los Angeles (Los Angeles county, California)
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