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The Transformation of Shopping: Department Stores, Social Change and Consumerism, 1830-1994 Available online

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Format:
3D object
Contributor:
Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, owner.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Packaging.
Physical Description:
1 online resource.
Production:
[Place of production not identified : producer not identified, approximately 1855-1898]
Summary:
Includes: Gentlemen's Pure Linen Cambric Hkfs. [handkerchiefs], embossed box with picture of children; Ivin's Patent Hair Crimpers, empty box, circa 1855; Empire Knife Co. (West Winsted, Conn.), empty box; Gibson Line, pumpkin-colored box with sticker inside, two black cats fighting in front of moon; Superfine Jet Headed Pins, box with straight pins; Small round box holding small pieces of silvery scrap; Lunken's "Peggy," small round metal locket from the Peggy Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, patented March 1, 1898; this is reported to be a chewing gum locket, for holding used chewing gum for later chewing.
Notes:
Title from publisher's website.
Description based on publisher metadata (viewed July 2, 2024).

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