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<p>[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 93816, member: 59"]The PA Dept. of Labor and <b>Industry</b> was established in 1913. The law regarding the affixing of the adhesive "stamp" attached to the federal tag was first passed in 1937 and was later amended (1953 and 1961.)</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=514&objID=552933&mode=2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=514&objID=552933&mode=2" rel="nofollow">http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=514&objID=552933&mode=2</a></p><p><br /></p><p>So your footstool/ottoman does not date earlier than '37 and given the thick dark wood may even date after the 1961 revision. I say that because thick dark pine furniture was very popular in the late '60's when I was first married and buying furniture.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bakersgma, post: 93816, member: 59"]The PA Dept. of Labor and [B]Industry[/B] was established in 1913. The law regarding the affixing of the adhesive "stamp" attached to the federal tag was first passed in 1937 and was later amended (1953 and 1961.) [URL]http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=514&objID=552933&mode=2[/URL] So your footstool/ottoman does not date earlier than '37 and given the thick dark wood may even date after the 1961 revision. I say that because thick dark pine furniture was very popular in the late '60's when I was first married and buying furniture.[/QUOTE]
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