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Object number92.116.72

Date1880-1940

OriginSouth Bend, IN

Mediumcardboard, canvas

Credit LineGift of the estate of Rachel McClellend

DescriptionParcel Post laundry package. Corrogated cardboard form covered with white canvas duck. Olive braided straps to fasten for mailing dirty clothes home for laundering. Paper label has stamps and handwritten addresses as well as manufacture information. Has an alternate flap for addressing the return package of clean laundry.Dimensions4.5 x 20.5 x 11.5 in. (11.4 x 52.1 x 29.2 cm)
InscriptionsText on paper label: "DON’T CRUSH / [stamps] / FROM / Mrs. J.H. McClelland / Fifth & Wilkins Ave / Pittsburgh, Pa / for Miss Sarah C. McClelland / 136 S. Madison St / Allentown / Pa”.
MarksText printed along bottom of paper label “KWIK-PAK PARCEL POST LAUNDRY CASE, MAN’F’D BY CHAS. T. GOEWEY, SOUTH BEND, IND. / PATENTED…”
Label TextCollege students of the early 1900s would have found this Parcel Post laundry box very handy for sending dirty laundry home. The front flap with address label flips over to display the return address so that the box of clean laundry can be sent back to its owner.

Related person Mrs. J. H. McClelland

Related person Sarah Collins McClelland

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