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1860-1871
GUSN-17886
Canvas covered trunk w/ paper label #3. Leather straps at front sides; leather side handles. Hinged lid w/ interior lined in paper w/ blue detail. Canvas cover falling off to reveal painted wood underneath.
trunks (containers)
accessories
case furniture
canvas
wood (plant material)
Coated Canvas
TRUNK
Painted on left side: ""R.H.T"" Stamped on left side: ""Storage Room/ Central Railroad of New Jersey/ December 20, 1871/ rec'd 12/30/ p.m. train"" Adhesive sticker on right side: ""New York Transfer Co./ Dodd's Express./ Tickets sold at our offices,/ Baggage filed for and checked from hotel or private residence to all points/ North, South, East and West./ 1301 Principle Offices/ #944 Broadway, NEW YORK,/ 1 Court St. (City Hall Square), Brooklyn./ FALL RIVER LINE"" Other sticker illegible.
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Unknown
20 x 30 x 18 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.2020
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