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Date
1907
Material
hair; metal; paper
Catalogue Number
105.02.1005 a-c
Description
Lock of Earle Birney's hair (age 3) in Player's Cigarette tin. A lock of gold hair tied with beige lace, a white envelope with the message "Locks from head of E.B., age 3 cut by mother & kept by her & found in her effects at her death" written in blue ink on the outside. Both envelope and hair are …
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Title
Hair
Date
1907
Material
hair; metal; paper
Dimensions
14.8 x 11.8 cm
Description
Lock of Earle Birney's hair (age 3) in Player's Cigarette tin. A lock of gold hair tied with beige lace, a white envelope with the message "Locks from head of E.B., age 3 cut by mother & kept by her & found in her effects at her death" written in blue ink on the outside. Both envelope and hair are stored in a pale blue Players Navy Cut Cigarettes Mild metal container (14.8 x 11.8) gold trim, picture of sailor inside life buoy in upper left corner.
Subject
Earle Birney
Credit
Gift of Earle Birney, Toronto, 1969
Catalogue Number
105.02.1005 a-c
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