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Wallpaper fragments collected in an album. Printed label "Old Wallpapers collected by G. W. French" pasted to interior of front cover. Loose magazine page with photos of movie actresses Joan Crawford and Barbara Ann Scott between pages.
albums
paper (fiber product)
textile materials
cardboard
Album
"ALBUM" (Embossed on front cover)
"Old Wallpapers / Collected by / G. W. FRENCH" (Label printed in black on striped paper.)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Unknown
13 3/4 x 11 1/4 x 1 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.1250
1850-1900 (Date range of wallpapers present in album.)
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