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1945

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2015

2025

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Sidewall (USA)

This is a sidewall. It is dated 1870–75 and we acquired it in 1945. Its medium is machine-printed on machine-made paper. It is a part of the Wallcoverings department.

It is credited Gift of Margaret Schoonover.

Its dimensions are

16 x 13 cm (6 5/16 x 5 1/8 in.)

Cite this object as

Sidewall (USA); machine-printed on machine-made paper; 16 x 13 cm (6 5/16 x 5 1/8 in.); Gift of Margaret Schoonover; 1945-44-5-a,b

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