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"Sunset Soap Dyes" brand fabric dye. Dye is in block form wrapped in paper and packaged inside original box with a paper pamphlet. The dye color is "Sand 6" as indicated on the side of the box. Produced by North American Dye Corporation, Mount Vernon, New York.
dye
dye
paper (fiber product)
cardboard
"SAND / SUNSET SOAP DYES" and "SUNSET SOAP DYES / PAT. MAY 11, 1915 / Dye all Fibres alike, Cotton, Wool, / Silk, Mixed Goods, Etc., at the same / time, giving the same shade to all. / See Directions Inside" and "Sunset Soap Dyes Wash the Fabrics / while Dyeing them. / NORTH AMERICAN DYE CORPORATION / New Corporate Name of Sunset Soap Dye Co. / Mount Vernon, N. Y., U. S. A / See Directions Inside" and "SUNSET SOAP DYES / Do not Soil the Hands or Utensil" (printed)
Unknown
Mount Vernon, New York
1 x 2 1/2 x 1 (HxWxD) (inches)
Sarah Moore Field Collection
1998.6144
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