Box

Object/Artifact

-

Ripon Historical Society

Name/Title

Box

Entry/Object ID

2008.0100.0002

Description

"Ripon Funtime Footwear" box c. 11 1/4 x 4 3/8" 2 3/8" including lid, red with black and red printing. Has item information "#M2728 Gray 10" printed at one end and extensive sizing chart for shoes and sox on back including "Ripon Knitting Works, Ripon, Wisconsin". Actual item that box contained not known - could have been socks, slippers or slipper sox all made by knitting works. Box shows wear at corners but intact and legible. Date not known. Shows image of TV set so probably 1960's. Knitting works started in 1884. Bought out in 1968. Kept because of printed information on box. To be stored with Advertising Medium Collection.

Acquisition

Accession

2008.0100

Source or Donor

Norbert and Audrey Speier

Made/Created

Date made

1960 - 1967

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Box

Nomenclature Class

Containers

Nomenclature Category

Category 07: Distribution & Transportation Objects

Search Terms

Advertising Medium, Merchandising T & E