Two Springfield Oval Toilet Paper rolls. Flat roll patented in 1893 and purchased by the U.S. Army and M.I.T. among other customers. Manufactured by Morgan Paper Company, Division, United States Envelope Company, Lititz, Pennsylvania. Thin, yellowed paper on flattened cardbpoard tube. Red printed label with image of a roll on the patented roll holder and instructions for installing roll on holder.
paper (fiber product)
paper (fiber product)
Paper, Toilet
Paper, Toilet
"SPRINGFIELD OVAL TOILET PAPER. / PATENTED JUNE 6, 1893 / FRONT. / [Instructions for installing roll on holder - see photograph] / MORGAN PAPER COMPANY, DIV. / UNITED STATES ENVELOPE CO. / LITITZ, PENNSYLVANIA, U. S. A." [image of toilet paper roll on toilet paper holder] (printed)
Unknown
Lititz, Pennsylvania
6 x 4 1/8 x 1 3/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Sarah Moore Field Collection
1998.6148.1-.2
Lititz (Lancaster county, Pennsylvania)
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