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GUSN-54584
Small paper box containing two interior boxes. Box is covered with black glossy paper printed with gold text.
boxes (containers)
paper (fiber product)
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Box
"SPENCE'S / Positive and Negative Powders. / GRAND DISCOVERY. / Positive. / THE KEY TO MEDICINE / Negative. / EUREKA! EUREKA! / THE SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF MEDICINE REVOLUTIONIZED. / Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1867, by PAYTON SPENCE, / in the Clerk's Office of the Southern District of New York." (Printed on box exterior.)
Unknown
1 3/16 x 2 5/8 x 1 3/8 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Mrs. Harold Storke
1947.159A-C
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