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Object Timeline

1936

  • Work on this object began.

1954

  • Work on this object ended.

1991

  • We acquired this object.

2013

2024

  • You found it!

Sidewall (USA)

This is a sidewall. It was manufactured by Enterprise Wallpaper. It is dated 1936–54 and we acquired it in 1991. Its medium is machine-printed, textured ground. It is a part of the Wallcoverings department.

It is credited Gift of Suzanne Lipschutz.

Its dimensions are

48.5 cm (19 1/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Printed on selvage: "JOIN HERE, RUN 6, WATERFAST, MADE IN U.S.A. UNION MADE"

Cite this object as

Sidewall (USA); Manufactured by Enterprise Wallpaper; machine-printed, textured ground; 48.5 cm (19 1/8 in.); Gift of Suzanne Lipschutz; 1991-89-240

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