<i>The Scarlet Letter</i>
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Book, <i>The Scarlet Letter</i>, by Nathaniel Hawthornel. The hand-painted cream-colored celluloid cover feature a scarlet letter "A," with a shadow extending over a church steeple, a stockade, and a gravestone, also marked "A." The volume is bound by a white ribbon, and an image of the author is on an interior page. The 346-page book contains a small white hand-painted bookmark inscribed "St. Anne of Beaupre protect us. Made in France."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: referenced
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
topic: label: Subject
content: Bookbinding
label: Subject
content: Saints
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content: Medicine and Science: Chemistry
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content: Celluloid
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content: Art
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2006.0098.1546
label: catalog number
content: 2006.0098.1546
label: accession number
content: 2006.0098
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Book with Celluloid Cover
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cellulose nitrate (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ribbon (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 4 1/2 in x 6 1/4 in; 2.54 cm x 11.43 cm x 15.875 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 4 3/8 in x 6 1/4 in; 2.54 cm x 11.1125 cm x 15.875 cm