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Hatbox with Built-in Hat Stand and Cover

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

GUSN

GUSN-317325

Description

Hatbox with wood frame and paper sides and cover. Wooden hatstand affixed to center interior. Contained hats and caps 1923.330-.340.

Details

Descriptive Terms

hatboxes
paper (fiber product)
wood (plant material)
Box, Accessory
Hatbox
Hatbox

Inscription

"From / Dickerman & Baker's / PAPER BOX FACTORY / CANTON, MASS." (printed)
"PARIS MODES. / FROM WHITE'S / Fashionable Bonnet Rooms, / 93 & 99 HANOVER STREET, / BOSTON. / The Largest Retail / BONNET ESTABLISHMENT, / In the United States. / J. L. Crosby, Jas. W. Coverly, Proprietors." (printed)

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of the Misses Cummings

Accession Number

1923.330.2AB

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