Gift of G. Fox & Co., 1949.12.2 © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Wrapping Paper

DistributorDistributed by Brown Thomson & Co. (American)

MakerPaper made by Unknown

Date1860-1910

MediumPrinted paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (length x width): 19 1/2 x 15in. (49.5 x 38.1cm)

ClassificationsCommercial Objects

Credit LineGift of G. Fox & Co.

Object number1949.12.2

DescriptionRectangular piece of light brown wrapping paper printed in black ink with the name of Brown, Thomson & Company, a dry goods retailer in Hartford, then located at Main & Temple Sts.

Collections

G. Fox & Co.

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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