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Comb – Tiny bone comb with riveted bone handle, perhaps for a doll or baby’s hair. In envelope embossed on back J.R. Weldin. Pittsburgh PA. Front of envelope has seemingly unrelated notes about Civil War biscuits and hard tack in two different handwritings. 1863 Mrs. Reid baked the morning before they left/ Soda Bisquit. Hard tack [illegible word] home from Civil War by [initials hard to read, possibly T.B.?].

19th century

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Comb