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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. This folder's label, handwritten by Percival, indicates it was made to hold the "Miscel. Papers of Elisha Percival, Jr. of Lenox, Massachusetts (1781-1867)." The folder is made from a double layer of striped floral wallpaper.
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Folder, File
"Miscel. Papers / of / Elisha Percival, Jr. - / Of Lenox, Mass. - / (1781-1867) / et al.-" (Written by Olive Percival.)
Percival, Olive, Miss
Percival, Elisha, Mr., Jr., 1871-1867
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Percival, Olive, Miss (Maker)
Los Angeles, California, United States
13 3/8 x 8 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.1193.4
Los Angeles (Los Angeles county, California)
Lenox (Berkshire county, Massachusetts)
Los Angeles (Los Angeles county, California)
Machine Printed
Handmade file folder cover
Tan
Original
Machine Made
Sidewall/Fill
Paper
Floral vine
Stripe
Roses
Imitation grass mating
Floral Stripe
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