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1875-1924
GUSN-69787
Blotter or sketch block with three rectangular pierces; one bound with black.
blotters (writing equipment)
cardboard
paper (fiber product)
Record, Bookkeeping
Blotter
Blotter
"Richardsons Drug / CL-8484" (handwritten)
"IMPROVED SOLID SKETCH BLOCK, / MADE BY / FROST & ADAMS, / IMPORTER AND DEALERS IN / Artists' Materials, / 37 CORNHILL, .... BOSTON. / This Sketch Block consists of WHATMAN'S PAPERS, compressed / so as to form an apparent solid substance, each sheet of which can / be separated by the introduction of a pen-knife at the space left on / the edge of the block and passing round, care being taken to insert / the knife beneath one leaf only at a time."" (printed)
F379
Frost & Adams (Maker)
Boston, MA, USA
20 1/8 (W) (inches)
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.19094A-C
Massachusetts (United States)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
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