Storage Box
Yellow colored cardboard box; machine made and printed; meant to look like a suitcase; brown colored machine printed corners; on one end is black colored cardboard handle ( some missing) and machine printed white colored tag with red colored string with blue colored machine printed writing; on two ends machine printed writing, "The little Touch & Sew, sewing machine, by SINGER", a machine printed image of a girl at a sewing machine; machine printed image of a black and white colored zipper; machine printed images of stickers on top and bottom, "EXCELSIOR HOTEL ROME", "PAN AM", "SINGER WORLD STYLEMAKE CONTEXT 1976", "CAMP SHAWNEE FOR GIRLS, HOTEL GEORGE V, PARIS"; inside bottom and two sides are white colored and the other two sides are yellow colored like the outside; inside the lid is white colored with a red colored banner with white colored machine printed writing, "Electrically Operates, Fonctionne a l'electricite", "The little" in blue colored machine printed writing, "Touch & Sew", in black colored machine printed writing, red colored outstretched measuring tape, "Sewing machine by" in blue colored machine printed writing, "SINGER" in red colored machine printed writing, a blue colored machine printed box with white colored writing, "For little stylemakers", machine printed image in red, blue and white colors of a girl sitting on a stool sewing while a standing boy holds a dolls dress in his hand; side flaps of the lid have two balloons each, "SEW HAPPY", "Just like mother's by SINGER", "Price".
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