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Preserving Stuffed Animals

, and don’t trust “washable” labels. Cherished animals were likely squeezed, cuddled, and loved to excess (maybe even literally dragged through the mud). But a modern washing machine might damage an animal’s outer covering, and a variety of materials not considered child-safe today might have been

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