Box

Object Name:

Box

Object ID:

1979.506 a-b

Place of Origin:

Chicago, IL

Description:

Oblong paperboard box with removable cover. Printed label for Ball's Corsets.
A. Box bottom. Tan paperboard core. Edges folded up, corners cut out. Exterior covered with light gray shiny-finish paper. Appears that underneath outside finish paper, pieces of paper at corners and edges glued in place and folded over to keep pieces of body together. Overlaps ~0.4". Reinforcing paper vertical on all corners and also covers the four bottom edges. Gray finish paper goes all the way around box sides and overlaps at one corner on a long side. Overlap ~1" wide. Finish paper wrapped over top edge and down inside surface ~0.25". This paper wraps around bottom, extending ~0.4" on each edge. An additional piece of tan-colored paper covers edges of finish paper on bottom surface. On one end, applied white paper label with dark blue letters and rectangular border: "BALLS / 13 [in six-pointed star] / WHITE / 22 / H.P. B."
B. Cover. Same materials as A. Finish paper appears to wrap around outside edge of box, overlapping near one corner. Overlap: 0.26" wide. Finish paper wrapped around edge, extends inside ~0.3". This paper appears to extend over top edge, but may not completely cover top surface. Printed paper label adhered to top, covering almost entire surface; rectangular black border, incomplete along its bottom edge; black text: "BALL'S CORSETS / NO BRASS EYELETS. / IMPROVED / IN DESIGN, FIT AND WORKMANSHIP."; large fanciful letters "B" and "C" in first two words.

Material:

Paper
Cardboard

Dimensions:

H-2.8 W-3 L-15.5 inches

Credit Line:

New Hampshire Historical Society Collection

Subjects:

Boxes, Corsets