"Bridal Gown Treasure Chest" Storage Boxes, 1985

Artifact

Box (Container)

Date Made

1985

Creators

Keystone Paper & Box Company Inc. 

Place of Creation

United States, Connecticut, Warehouse Point 

Keywords

Boxes (Containers) 

Wedding dresses 

Storage 

Weddings (Ceremonies) 

Dougherty, Patricia Ellen 

Derderian, Paul Michael 

Mooradian, Patricia 

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2021.198.3

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Patricia Mooradian.

Material

Cardboard
Plastic

Color

Light brown
Black (Color)
Gold (Color)
Blue

Inscriptions

on top of lid of gold box: Your wedding gown processed for a / Lifetime of / Loveliness / A THING OF BEAUTY IS A JOY FOREVER on inside top of lid of gold box: Your very own wedding gown chest / to forever cherish... / Your lovely wedding gown preserved / for a lifetime of happy memories. on front of brown box: ENCLOSED / Bridal Gown Treasure Chest / FRAGILE / HANDLE WITH CARE / TOP FREIGHT ONLY / MFD. BY KEYSTONE PAPER & BOX CO., INC. / WAREHOUSE POINT, CONN. 06088 written on front, upside down on brown box: STORAGE on sides of brown box: FRAGILE / HANDLE WITH CARE / TOP FREIGHT ONLY written on left side of brown box: BASEMENT / Wedding dress on back of brown box: FRAGILE / HANDLE WITH CARE / TOP FREIGHT ONLY / MFD. BY KEYSTONE PAPER & BOX CO., INC. / WAREHOUSE POINT, CONN. 06088 written on back of brown box: STORAGE on top of brown box: OPEN THIS END / FRAGILE HANDLE WITH CARE TOP FREIGHT ONLY written on top of brown box: 26787 / STORAGE on bottom of brown box: OPEN OTHER END BG-2 / FRAGILE HANDLE WITH CARE TOP FREIGHT ONLY