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Fan Box

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

ca. 1865

GUSN

GUSN-33974

Description

Two-piece cardboard box covered with white paper with pink paper around sides of lid; triangular.

Details

Descriptive Terms

fans (costume accessories)
accessories
paper (fiber product)
Unidentified Paper
FAN BOX

Inscription

Written in pencil on bottom of box: ""early 19th cent. fan from / Durham N.H. / Gift of Lynde Sullivan / 20 Oct. 1920 / ca. 1865"".

Additional Identification Number

1931.610

Maker

Unknown

Accession Number

1920.487

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