Paper cloth used to cover and prevent the melting of ice in ice chests. Packaged in paper envelop with sheet of instructions. Manufactured by the Kalamazoo Vegetable Parchment Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
paper (fiber product)
paper (fiber product)
Paper
Paper
"SAVE ICE! / with a Kalamazoo / PAPRICLOTH / ICE BLANKET / Prevents unnecessary / and rapid melting of / ice. Will not lint or / fall to pieces. Sanitary and / clog-proof. One should last / a month. Directions inside / Designed, Patented and / Manufactured by / KALAMAZOO / VEGETABLE PARCHMENT CO. / Kalamazoo, Mich." (printed)
731
Unknown
Kalamazoo, Michigan
4 3/4 x 9 1/4 x 1/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Sarah Moore Field Collection
1998.6003
Kalamazoo (Kalamazoo county, Michigan)
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