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Saturday, October 29, 2005

Tramp Art and Folk Art


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The Paper House: "There is a house made of Boston newspapers called. " Mr. Elis f. Stenman, with the help of his family, began in 1922 to prepare the paper material to be used in constructing the walls of this unusual house. The newspapers were made into different layers, each having been pasted and folded. The walls when finished consist of two hundred and fifteen thicknesses. ..."
The Paper House (see also The Corn Palace and The Bottle House) found in scrapbook 2 at Tramp Art and Folk Art at Sholl Antiques.
Very interesting stuff. (via Vintage Photographs)

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