Collection Highlights
Settee
Date:
ca. 1800
Object Number:
INV.14952
Medium:
Maple, paint
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Shopping bag
Object Number:
2002.1.1819
Date:
1980-1995
Medium:
Plastic
Dimensions:
25 x 9 1/2 in.
Description:
This white plastic bag was used to deliver a newspaper and advertise napkins. It is printed on one side with a photograph of a napkin on a beautifully set table and reads " Strength & Absorbency To Last The Whole meal Through./ Vanity Fair/ paper napkins/ Where Strength & Beauty Meet." Included is a sample packet of Vanity Fair Napkins.
Credit Line:
The Bella C. Landauer Collection of Business and Advertising Ephemera
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
