Box
- Object Name:
- Box
- Object ID:
- 2004.043.159
- Place of Origin:
- Portsmouth, NH
- Date:
- 1890-1900
- Description:
- Box, wooden, Freeman's Laundry Soap, Portsmouth, NH. No cover. Stenciled in black on front and back: "FREEMAN'S BEST / LAUNDRY SOAP". Chromolithographed paper label on one end: "FREEMAN'S / BEST LAUNDRY SOAP / H. J. FREEMAN, / PORTSMOUTH, - - N.H." Label design includes sloop in water at full sail, bird (robin) on branch, and colorful borders. "PRICE BROS., NEW YORK." printed in lower right corner of label.
- Material:
- Wood
Paper - Dimensions:
- H-8.5 W-21.5 D-15.5 inches
- Provenance:
- From collection of Dr. Dorothy M. Vaughan (1904-2004), preservationist and collector of Portsmouth, N.H., artifacts.
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Dr. Dorothy Mansfield Vaughan
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