Collection Highlights
Draft wheel
Date:
ca. 1863
Object Number:
1865.6
Medium:
Wood, metal
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Washing supplies
Object Number:
2002.1.1466
Date:
1890-1930
Medium:
Paper
Dimensions:
3 x 2 x 1 in.
Description:
This sample box held a clothes starching product and has drawing of an iron in black. The front reads in red "Elastic Starch/Latest-Improved/ A Great Invention/ Requires No Cooking/ Makes Collars and Cuffs Stiff and Nice as when First Bought New.../ J.C. Hubinger Bros.' Co./ New Haven, Conn. Keokuk, Iowa". On the reverse are directions for use. One of three- see also 2002.1.1467, 2002.1.1468
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
