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1969.4696.1
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Black satin reticule owned by early Seattle school teacher, ca. 1870s

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This purse belonged to Anna Bean Wadleigh, who was a teacher at Seattle's South School and Central School in the 1870s and 1880s.
ID Number: 1969.4696.1
Date: Circa 1870
Physical Description: 1 Purse; fabric; 13 in.H x 6.25 in.W x 1 in.D
Credit: MOHAI, 1969.4696.1
Subjects: Education

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