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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ghopper1924, post: 522804, member: 5170&quot;]&quot;Although it is still not known exactly what these earlier boxes in america were used for, the latest research suggest these early boxes were used as boxes to store ones personal items. This seems the most likely use to me as well because it was very common here to have 2 or 3 generations all living together in a single room house with very little privacy.</p><p>As for slant lid boxes, they were almost certainly used in america as a desk box, naturally in England, it could very well be different.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>A good &quot;Occam&#039;s Razor&quot;-type of explanation. Thanks for that![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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