Trunk
- Object Name:
- Trunk
- Object ID:
- 1948.009.09
- Creator:
- Pritchard, Alfred R. (1823-1876)
Manufacturer - Place of Origin:
- Rochester, NY
- Date:
- 1863-1865
- Description:
- Railroad ticket box. Small leather-covered wooden trunk with hinged lid. Brass lock, plate, and studs. Leather handle on top of lid, fastened with brass tacks. Cloth lined. Metal plate on top of lid, lettered in black and red: "Seth Greenleaf / B.C.&M.R.R. / CONCORD. / N.H." Printed blue paper label inside lid: "A. R. PRITCHARD, / MANUFACTURER, / AND WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN / TRUNKS, VALISES, / AND TRAVELING BAGS, / Ladies and Gent's Hat Cases, &c., &c. / No. 78 State St., / ROCHESTER, N. Y."
- Material:
- Wood
Leather - Dimensions:
- H-6.8 W-13.5 D-9 inches
- Provenance:
- Seth Greenleaf (1812-1880) was a conductor on the Boston, Concord & Montreal Railroad from 1848 to 1865. He was the great-grandfather of the donor, Seth Greenleaf Smith (1893-1970).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Seth Greenleaf Smith
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