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Pencil box

1901

The Strong National Museum of Play

The Strong National Museum of Play
Rochester , United States

Reading can be play and this pencil box makes playful use of a line of miniature books. Each simulated volume has the name of a famous author on its spine: Shakespeare, Milton, Mark Twain, Dickens, Walter Scott (2 volumes), Burns, Longellow, and L. Wallace (author of the bestseller "Ben Hur").

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  • Title: Pencil box
  • Date Created: 1901
  • Location: USA
  • Subject Keywords: book, William Shakespeare, Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, Robert Burns, Lew Wallace
  • Type: More Play Stuff
  • Medium: wood, paper
  • Object ID: 110.11766
  • Credit Line: Gift of David Ridley of Denver, Colorado and Jennifer Mabardy of Acton, Massachusetts in memory of t
The Strong National Museum of Play

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