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Trunk. Black, leather-covered rectangular trunk with brass studs and wrought iron handles. Interior lined with blue polkadot paper and has printed label: "M. Lord and Son...Newburyport, MA."
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TRUNK
Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),
M. Lord & Son (Maker)
Newburyport, MA, USA
11 1/3 x 15 1/8 (HxD) (inches)
Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman
1985.502
Massachusetts (United States)
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