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Hatbox

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1950s

GUSN

GUSN-7227

Description

White, square cardboard box. Top has red border. Black cotton ties.

Details

Descriptive Terms

hatboxes
accessories
cardboard
paper (fiber product)
printing (process)
Box, Accessory
Hatbox
Women's personal gear
Unidentified Paper
Cardboard
Transfer Printed
Hatbox

Inscription

Printed on cover: ""Elise Moliere / Chapeaux / 115 NEWBURY STREET, BOSTON, MASS."" Handwritten note attached to string, removed from ties: ""Mrs. Howland's / pale grey felt hat"".

Additional Identification Number

1990.444A,B

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Thornton Fisher, Anne Fisher Tatlock, Faith Fisher Forbes, Charles Paine Fisher and John Bryant Fisher

Accession Number

1990.444AB

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