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A green silk parasol, folding handle, attached is a tag which reads "Aunt Patty Uphams's parasol, etc." She was born in 1779 and died in 1886.
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antler
bone (material)
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wood (plant material)
Umbrella
Parasol
Parasol
Handwritten tag: ""Aunt Patty's parasol/Loaned by Mr & Mrs Sylvanus Upham/She was born in 1779/Died in 1866.""
Unknown
Gift of Mrs. Chester H. Arnold
1929.1622
1830-1840 (Early)
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