On View
Not on viewLabels
Artist
J. and Son Thoreau
Date1825-1860
Terms
- Labels
- Ink
- Paper
- Concord (Massachusetts)
Dimensions10.15 × 5.71 cm (4 × 2 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Herbert B. Hosmer (1944)
Object numberTH96
DescriptionGold letterpress on blue paper. Label (wrapper) for Thoreau pencils, "THOREAU'S/ SUPERIOR RULER PENCILS,/ Made from Refined Lead, and Tempered/ expressly for Mechanics' use./ Manufactured and Warranted/ By J. THOREAU & Co./ Concord, Mass."
Collections
- Henry David Thoreau Collection
Object number: 2007.261.177
Alfred Munroe
January 4, 1880
