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Title: info on small box
Post by: mike2012 on January 11, 2012, 06:41:45 PM

found this box at thrift store today its about 7 inches tall all wood , thanks for any help ,, mike

Title: Re: info on small box
Post by: hosman321 on January 11, 2012, 10:59:23 PM

Welcome to the forum Mike! Cool little box, doe sit have any markings or names or it anywhere? Can you post another picture or two, maybe one of the inside? My first hunch is that it is maybe something from the 40s but it's hard to tell. Looking forward to seeing more pictures. :)

Title: Re: info on small box
Post by: mart on January 12, 2012, 06:11:28 AM

Yep !! Need more pics !! 

Title: Re: info on small box
Post by: mike2012 on January 12, 2012, 07:18:40 AM

here are some more pics, i couldnt find any marks , the only writing i see is on one of the buildings it says ,homer lee bank note co..

Title: Re: info on small box
Post by: Rauville on January 12, 2012, 07:58:03 AM

The Homer Lee Bank Note Company was located in New York City. They were absorbed into the American Bank Note Company by 1891, so your box could predate that. Maybe it was sold as a souvenir item near the area depicted on the cover.  It appears to be paper or celluloid(?) covered, perhaps intended for storing mounted photographs? It might have been a companion piece for a matching photo album?
Lots of maybes and mights here...In other words; I'm guessing.

Title: Re: info on small box
Post by: mike2012 on January 12, 2012, 09:31:29 AM

yes it is paper covered , thanks for the reply

Title: Re: info on small box
Post by: mart on January 13, 2012, 09:43:22 AM

Is it very light weight ?? Can you see that it is wood or another material ??  Could be a papier mache` souvenier box !!

Title: Re: info on small box
Post by: KC on January 13, 2012, 11:10:48 PM

I was wondering the same thing...if it was paper-mâché.

I have a papier-mâché sewing box that was my great grandmothers, then grandmothers, then mothers.....covered in silk.

Is the inside paper?  is the green part paper or material on the inside?

Title: Re: info on small box
Post by: mike2012 on January 14, 2012, 08:01:39 AM

this is wood , and the inside is paper covered, it is lightweight

Title: Re: info on small box
Post by: mike2012 on January 14, 2012, 08:03:31 AM

here is more clear picture