GUSN-253259
The Gray items were patented on February 17, 1865. The box appears to have been white originally with some areas worn or peeled off. The lettering is black with a woman looking at herself in her dressing table mirror.
advertising
business (commercial function)
packaging
collars (neckwear)
cuffs (costume components)
women (female humans)
boxes (containers)
1 box ; 3 x 3 inches
EP002
Ephemera collection, 2011 donation
EP002.02.039
3 x 3 (HxW)(inches)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
boxes (containers)
Item
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