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Box 60

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Contains 9 Results:

Box 60,

 File — Box: 60
Identifier: Series 12:
Series Scope and Content From the Series: This series consists of fabric, ribbon and decorative fringe textile samples owned and received by Olive Percival. It also includes newspaper advertisements showing the pricing of textiles at the time of printing, among other topics. Included are (3) hand-stitched sachets filled with cloves and still fragrant, and misc. identification tags in O.P.’s writing, as well as some miscellaneous correspondence regarding valentines and tags, both in O.P.’s hand and type written, used for an...
Dates: 1800-1939

Blue paper box decorated with silver sticker stars and cut outs of construction paper in the shapes of small potted topiaries or cypress trees and a bowl (printed patterned paper) with hued circles, possibly meant to resemble oranges. Writing on upper right hand corner of box states the box contains “Samples of cloth (old) Indiana (USA)”

 Item — Box: 60
Identifier: Series 12:
Series Scope and Content From the Series: This series consists of fabric, ribbon and decorative fringe textile samples owned and received by Olive Percival. It also includes newspaper advertisements showing the pricing of textiles at the time of printing, among other topics. Included are (3) hand-stitched sachets filled with cloves and still fragrant, and misc. identification tags in O.P.’s writing, as well as some miscellaneous correspondence regarding valentines and tags, both in O.P.’s hand and type written, used for an...
Dates: 1800-1939

(3) Hand-stitched sachets which, by smell, seem to contain cloves. The first is a 3” x 3” tawny mustard colored square with straight stitching around the edges on the face of the square. The second is 2.75” x 1.75” oblong with an olive green, red and bluish pattern. The third is a 1.5” x 1.25” oblong in black cloth.

 Item — Box: 60, row-section: 1
Identifier: Series 12:
Series Scope and Content From the Series: This series consists of fabric, ribbon and decorative fringe textile samples owned and received by Olive Percival. It also includes newspaper advertisements showing the pricing of textiles at the time of printing, among other topics. Included are (3) hand-stitched sachets filled with cloves and still fragrant, and misc. identification tags in O.P.’s writing, as well as some miscellaneous correspondence regarding valentines and tags, both in O.P.’s hand and type written, used for an...
Dates: 1800-1939

(5) Cardboard pieces with O.P.’s writing on them listing dates. Dates are: “Before 1800”; “1860 Silk”; “1850 Cotton [?] Wool”; “1800 to 1830”; “1830”.

 Item — Box: 60, row-section: 2
Identifier: Series 12:
Series Scope and Content From the Series: This series consists of fabric, ribbon and decorative fringe textile samples owned and received by Olive Percival. It also includes newspaper advertisements showing the pricing of textiles at the time of printing, among other topics. Included are (3) hand-stitched sachets filled with cloves and still fragrant, and misc. identification tags in O.P.’s writing, as well as some miscellaneous correspondence regarding valentines and tags, both in O.P.’s hand and type written, used for an...
Dates: 1800-1939

(1) Piece of paper written in O.P’s hand” Machine-made En[?]by c 1858 About which Ladies went “wild!” [?]”

 Item — Box: 60, row-section: 2
Identifier: Series 12:
Series Scope and Content From the Series: This series consists of fabric, ribbon and decorative fringe textile samples owned and received by Olive Percival. It also includes newspaper advertisements showing the pricing of textiles at the time of printing, among other topics. Included are (3) hand-stitched sachets filled with cloves and still fragrant, and misc. identification tags in O.P.’s writing, as well as some miscellaneous correspondence regarding valentines and tags, both in O.P.’s hand and type written, used for an...
Dates: 1800-1939

Many newspaper clippings dating from January 1 1929 through April 22, 1935, with some articles being undated. The topics include the price of clothing, textiles and bonds, and fashion tips. Other clippings are not easily identified as to O.P.’s interest.

 Item — Box: 60, row-section: 3
Identifier: Series 12:
Series Scope and Content From the Series: This series consists of fabric, ribbon and decorative fringe textile samples owned and received by Olive Percival. It also includes newspaper advertisements showing the pricing of textiles at the time of printing, among other topics. Included are (3) hand-stitched sachets filled with cloves and still fragrant, and misc. identification tags in O.P.’s writing, as well as some miscellaneous correspondence regarding valentines and tags, both in O.P.’s hand and type written, used for an...
Dates: 1800-1939

(1) Descriptive sheet for a textile done by O.P. This is the type of sheet that is attached to the textile items in boxes 55-58 above, referencing an early 19th Century home-spun textile.

 Item — Box: 60, row-section: 4
Identifier: Series 12:
Series Scope and Content From the Series: This series consists of fabric, ribbon and decorative fringe textile samples owned and received by Olive Percival. It also includes newspaper advertisements showing the pricing of textiles at the time of printing, among other topics. Included are (3) hand-stitched sachets filled with cloves and still fragrant, and misc. identification tags in O.P.’s writing, as well as some miscellaneous correspondence regarding valentines and tags, both in O.P.’s hand and type written, used for an...
Dates: 1800-1939

(4) Boards like those attached to textile items in boxes 55-58 above. Notes written in O.P.’s hand: (1)“1860’s Men’s vest Mr. Fauncer Boston”; (2) “Sateen c 1883”; (3)” [?] family [?]? 60’s”; (4) “Merino cashmere G[?]-green”

 Item — Box: 60, row-section: 5
Identifier: Series 12:
Series Scope and Content From the Series: This series consists of fabric, ribbon and decorative fringe textile samples owned and received by Olive Percival. It also includes newspaper advertisements showing the pricing of textiles at the time of printing, among other topics. Included are (3) hand-stitched sachets filled with cloves and still fragrant, and misc. identification tags in O.P.’s writing, as well as some miscellaneous correspondence regarding valentines and tags, both in O.P.’s hand and type written, used for an...
Dates: 1800-1939

(34) Pieces of misc. scrap textile samples. Of varying color, pattern and type.

 Item — Box: 60, row-section: 6
Identifier: Series 12:
Series Scope and Content From the Series: This series consists of fabric, ribbon and decorative fringe textile samples owned and received by Olive Percival. It also includes newspaper advertisements showing the pricing of textiles at the time of printing, among other topics. Included are (3) hand-stitched sachets filled with cloves and still fragrant, and misc. identification tags in O.P.’s writing, as well as some miscellaneous correspondence regarding valentines and tags, both in O.P.’s hand and type written, used for an...
Dates: 1800-1939