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Book

Book Diary written in Japanese cover says "Diary 2597." Inside is western calendar for the year 1937. Cover is blue and spotted and marred. Spots and discoloration on front cover and the cover is tearing. Inside cover shows drawing of a bull and a…

Notebook

Notebook A Student's notebook for vocabulary building and dictation. Some writing in Chinese but most in English. Written on lined notebok paper. In a three ring binder with black faux leather cover. Embossed is "Scholastic" and on the inside cover…

Tacks

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Box of Tacks Black cardboard box with yellow label on one end. Label reads: "6 oz. 250 Steel Carpet Tacks." Box is half full.

Scrapbook

Two newsprint pads containing news articles of the Wah Mee massacre compiled by Ron Chew. Yellow front cover with black printing "Newsprint Pad .." News print pages and thick cardboard back cover. A: First page has an article from Spokane Cronicle…

Bottle

Ink bottle with black ink inside cover doubles as applicator used apparently for stamp pads.

Button

Lapel pin button of a star with one Chinese character and the number 230 inside the star. Red yellow blue white and black bordering the star.

Box

Gum Wall tea in an orange and green tea box small rectangular. From Fo Town Canton China

Stamp

84 - wood and rubber stamps used to mark documents. Many business stanps as well as shipping stamps for day and night time and various amounts of money.

Noren

3-panel Noren cotton brown dyed with 5 different styled Kokeshi dolls stenciled. It has 4 tabs sewn at top for rod to be inserted each panel is sewn partially together and enforced and decorated by a knotted red cloth

Noren

3-Paneled Roketsu (Wax resist) indigo with a badger called "Bun Buku" from a children's story. Japanese inscriptuions read "Bun Buku" twice using 2 different characters for "Bun". Playing with kanji gives a meaning of Bun Buku (Badger's name): Shares…