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TRAVELING TRUNK

Creator(s):

Currently in storage


About this object

Dark blue rectangular traveling trunk by Atlas Trunks, Montreal, Canada with leather handles, brass hardware, round central lock and two latches, reinforced by one horizontal wooden rail on front, and three horizontal rails on top. One interior divided tray, interior lined in tan paper with gray houdstooth pattern; one bracket broken off and found inside.

Object name:
TRAVELING TRUNK
Made from:
Brass --wood --leather --metal --paper
Size:
18 1/2 × 36 × 17 1/2 in. (47 × 91.4 × 44.5 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
2018.28
Signature marks:
sticker Wilson JRE Line under handle used to be a cruise ship on it engraving globe/illegible latches inside of globe engraving Long Lock lock LABEL Canadian Pacific Express railway label LABEL Atlas Trunks/Trunks and luggage manufacturer/Montreal, Canada PR top partially removed LABEL transport commision (illegible) back partially removed
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973