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Wallet

Title:
cola
Object Name:
Wallet
Object ID:
1988.071.01
Date:
1859
Description:
Wallet, man's leather, purple exterior, tan interior with purple-faced pockets. Compartments stamped "NOTES", "GOLD", "POSTAGE", and "STAMPS". Signed in ink, "Ellery Cola Hebbard's, / From Santa Claus, 1859." Ink inscriptions on inside of flaps: "Property worth more than Notes" and "Things Better than Gold", with lists of virtues.
Material:
Leather
Dimensions:
W-2.75 L-4.75 D-0.5 inches
Provenance:
Donor is descendent of Wheeler family of Shelburne, NH. Donated material belonged to members of Wheeler, Hibbard, Green, and other Shelburne families
Credit Line:
Gift of Sister Jane Wheeler
Subjects:
Wallet
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