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Hatbox

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1920-1940

GUSN

GUSN-313408

Description

Hatbox decorated with green, blue, beige and pink paper depicting road with horse-drawn stagecoach and bicyclists. Lids are faded gray. Red cord.

Details

Descriptive Terms

hatboxes
cardboard
paper (fiber product)
cord (fiber product)
Box, Accessory
Hatbox
Hatbox

Inscription

"Hats by/Ethel Atkins/16 Arlington Street/Boston" (printed)

Associated Person

Atkins, Ethel

People and Organizations

Colonial Dames

Atkins, Ethel

Maker

Atkins, Ethel (Retailer)

Location of Origin

Boston, MA

Dimensions

6 1/8 (H), 9 1/8 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Accession Number

2004.27.4AB

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