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Tissue

Object number2015.42.4

Manufacturer Scott Paper Company

Date1939-1945

OriginChester, PA

MediumPaper/Ink/Adhesive

Credit LineGift of Susan Muir

DescriptionPacket of light yellow-brown folded paper tissues. Tissues are wrapped around middle with brown paper label. Label has blue printed text.Dimensions1.5 x 3.25 x 0.688 in. (3.8 x 8.3 x 1.7 cm)
MarksLabel has blue printed text with maker's mark "MADE FOR THE U. S. ARMY / BY THE MAKER OF / The Waldorf / A Scott Tissue / REG. U.S. PAT. OFF / SCOTT PAPER CO., CHESTER, PA."
Historical NotesPart of a collection of WWII-related artifacts from the military service of Gabe Torisky of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who served with the 99th “Checkerboard” Infantry Division during the Ardennes campaign in Belgium. Martin Gabriel "Gabe" Torisky was of Slovak ancestry and was born on November 11, 1911, in Uniontown, PA. He moved to Pittsburgh in the 1920s and was drafted and sent to 99th Division during World War II. The 99th Division is especially important in relation to Pittsburgh, as the Division was originally headquartered in the city in 1942, and the unit insignia, a black shield with a checkerboard band of nine alternating white and blue squares (for “99”) was derived from the coat of arms for William Pitt and thus, also the city seal of Pittsburgh, on which the checkerboard also appears. Donor Susan Muir is Gabe Torisky's daughter.

Previous owner Martin Gabriel Torisky (born 1911)

Related institution United States Army

Related institution 99th Infantry Division

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