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  • Author(s): Proulx, Earl
  • Source:
    Yankee. Feb2000, Vol. 64 Issue 2, p12. 1p. 1 Black and White Photograph.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      FUR; MATTRESSES; BARTER; CLEANING; HISTORY
    • Abstract:
      Answers public queries. Includes bartering between the 1850s and 1870s; Cleaning of fur on a mounted wild ram's head hanging over a fireplace for more than 20 years; Elimination of the smell of a mattress that was stored in the basement for two years.