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Gift of G. Fox & Co., 1949.12.1  © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Wrapping Paper
Gift of G. Fox & Co., 1949.12.1 © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Wrapping Paper

Date1860-1910
MediumPrinted paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (length x width): 24 x 18in. (61 x 45.7cm)
ClassificationsCommercial Objects
Credit LineGift of G. Fox & Co.
DescriptionRectangular piece of light brown wrapping paper printed in black ink with the name of Brown, Thomson & Company, a dry goods retailer in Hartford.
Object number1949.12.1
NotesHistorical Note: Brown Thomson & Co. sold dry goods, fabrics and millinery at 398, 400 & 402 (street numbers changed in 1898) Main Street, in Hartford, Connecticut. For many years the department store occupied the lower stories of the Richardsonian Romanesque commercial building designed by Henry Hobson Richardson in 1876 for the Cheney family of Manchester known as the Cheney Block. (E. Blakelock, 2009)
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about 1970s
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Largay Brewing Company, Incorporated
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