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White, black & colors for hand & machine. Why do you muse, o maiden, clad in dress of fashion long since fled? 'I'm wondering how they made these clothes before they had Coats' six cord thread!' [front]

File name: 10_03_002203a

Binder label: Thread

Title: White, black & colors for hand & machine. Why do you muse, o maiden, clad in dress of fashion long since fled? 'I'm wondering how they made these clothes before they had Coats' six cord thread!' [front]

Created/Published: Five Points, N. Y. : Donaldson Brothers

Date issued: 1870 - 1900 (approximate)

Physical description: 1 print : chromolithograph ; 11 x 7 cm.

Genre: Advertising cards

Subject: Women; Brooms & brushes; Thread; Cotton

Notes: Title from item.

Collection: 19th Century American Trade Cards

Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department

Rights: No known restrictions.

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