Trunk
- Object Name:
- Trunk
- Object ID:
- 1993.017.05
- Date:
- 1890-1920
- Description:
- Trunk with Vaudeville costumes. Rectangular storage trunk, with slightly domed lid. Frame of wood covered with pressed tin (over iron). Geometric pattern in tin. No evidence of paint. Leather handles on both ends. Two exterior lid hinges, each a different style. Interior not examined.
- Material:
- Wood
Metal
Tin
Iron
Leather - Dimensions:
- H-20 W-30 D-17.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Vaudeville costumes found in trunk that belonged to Will M. Cressy and Blanche Dayne, a well known turn-of-century vaudeville team. Cressy was born in Bradford, NH, and raised in Concord, NH. Cressy was also known as a playwright and a writer of humorous histories. Cressy and Dayne went to France during WWI to entertain American troops. Their permanent residence was Concord, NH; summer home, "Cressy Point," Lake Sunapee, Newbury, NH.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Cressy Goodwin
- Subjects:
- Boxes, Costumes, Trunks, Vaudeville
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