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Book

Text book used for teaching English "Old Stories of the East" Grey hardcovered book with brown paper dust cover. On the front of the dust cover is a frame printed in black with arrows surrounding a motif of an Indian chief in a circular pattern.…

Book

Literature book Borwn hard cover with gold printing on front and spine " Iriving's Sketch Book" Inside a gold border. At the bottom in gold "Macmillian Pocket Classics". Stamped floral design stamped in - between printing. Inside on the fly leaf "…

Serial Book

Set of Four paper back books bound with thread in Chinese. "The Tales of Three Women Knights Errant" Each book has a cover with red Chinese characters on the spine and the covers are one white cover one orange one green and one yellow. Covers have…

Quong Tuck Co. Labels

Two lidded cardboard boxes with 1000 Quong Tuck Co. tags each boxes are tied with jute string. On one end the lid has dark blue sticker with white printing "1000 Denisen Tags Denisen Manufacturng Co. Framingham Mass. USA" On the other end is dark…

Certificate

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Framed Certificate Certificate printed with brown ink a lacy border and scroll like design surrouned black printing in Chinese and English. "Chinese Chamber of Commerce of Seattle No. 34 this is to certify that Quong Tuck Co is a member (sic) of the…

Embroidery Panel

Hand embroidered flower blossoms and grass on stiff white silk or polyesther panel. The blossoms are pink and white with several shades of green thread for branches leaves and grasses. Satin and chain stitched primarily with some knots. In the upper…

Weaving Tool (?)

Metal tool with hook end and wood handle. The tool has a straight flat narrow strip of metal which curves slightly at the end and has a knotch toward the tip. The knotch seems likely to have been used for lifting threads in a weaving or sewing…

Bookmark (?)

Flat silver metal stick with characters for "double happiness" in a roundel at one end and blue brown and white braids and tassles at the other. The metal is shaped like a thin twig near the top and bottom and flattens out and widens toward the…

Brush

Small metal handled brush with black and dark brown brush hairs. The shaft of the brush is a solid yellowish silver metal rod which narrows to a sharp point at the top. The brush hairs are inserted into a metal band above which are three incised…

Sword

Doll accessory in the form of "daisho" a pairing of one long sword (tachi) one short sword (wakizashi) both with sheaths and a display rack. The two swords are virtually identical apart from their length. The swords are displayed on a wood rack…