Civil War Era Large Wallpaper Box with Newspaper Lining dream drawing Time has taken a bit

Time has taken a bit of a toll

I think from different statues as the concrete feels different between the two and this one shows a steel rather than iron structure inside

The sting on the back will work to raise both arms with a little effort

12" x 5 1/4"

A bit of a challenging to photograph this one due to the shine on the brass

Civil War Era Large Wallpaper Box with Newspaper Lining dream drawing Time has taken a bitNot perfect, but at 150+ years and made of paper, I'd say it's held up pretty well. I love these old wallpaper hat boxes for the lovely hand printed wallpaper, of course, and for their construction, and perhaps especially for their newspaper linings, which tell all sorts of stories about the time when they were made and about their maker, too. This one, which includes a date of 1868, is lined in papers from Boston and Portland, ME, which along with