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Sheet music, boxes
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Our Children’s Favorite Paint Box
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One boxed set of watercolor paints entitled Our Children's Favorite Paint Box, manufacturer unknown, ca. 1895. The set is comprised of 18 cakes of watercolor paint, two porcelain dishes, and two thin sticks of charcoal. The paints are contained within wooden dividers, and are embossed with an image of an eagle. The set is housed within a wooden box with a sliding lid. A chromolithograph with labeled scenes of monuments and buildings in various American cities is mounted to the lid. One of the images is labeled "Chicago-Exhibition 1893." "Made in Germany" is printed on the image as well.
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The Ludford box and "A Christmass-box" [sic.] : their contribution to our knowledge of eighteenth century children's literature
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The Sluice-Box (v.1, no.2)
Manuscripts
The Sluice Box, a handwritten newspaper from the mining town of Orleans, California, documents the events of the town and comments on politics and the judicial system
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