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Object Name:
Box
Object ID:
2004.043.160
Place of Origin:
Boston, MA
Date:
1918-1937
Description:
Box, cardboard, Allinson's Drug Store, Portsmouth, NH. Gift box, removable lid, beige, with printing (navy blue) on lid: "Allinson's / ESTABLISHED 1838 / PORTSMOUTH, N.H." On front side of lid: "NET WEIGHT ONE POUND". On inside of lid: "The Box Craft Co. Mfrs., Boston". Perhaps used as candy box.
Material:
Paper
Cardboard
Dimensions:
H-2 W-3.8 L-6 inches
Provenance:
From collection of Dr. Dorothy M. Vaughan (1904-2004), preservationist and collector of Portsmouth, N.H., artifacts.

Orville J. Allinson was a druggist on Congress Street, Portsmouth, c. 1918 - c. 1937.
Credit Line:
Bequest of Dr. Dorothy Mansfield Vaughan
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