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Object Timeline

1923

  • Work on this object began.

1924

  • Work on this object ended.

1946

  • We acquired this object.

2012

2025

  • You found it!

Sidewall (USA)

This is a sidewall. It was manufactured by M.H. Birge & Sons Co.. It is dated 1923–24 and we acquired it in 1946. Its medium is machine-printed. It is a part of the Wallcoverings department.

It is credited Gift of the Women's Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Association.

Its dimensions are

104 x 56 cm (40 15/16 x 22 1/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Printed in selvedge: "Birge, Made in U.S.A.'

Cite this object as

Sidewall (USA); Manufactured by M.H. Birge & Sons Co. (United States); machine-printed; 104 x 56 cm (40 15/16 x 22 1/16 in.); Gift of the Women's Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Association; 1946-19-4

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