Kit, Gun-Cleaning
- Object Name:
- Kit, Gun-Cleaning
- Object ID:
- 1991.045.13
- Date:
- 1918
- Description:
- Gun-cleaning kit, in cotton canvas bag with snap closure.
A. Brass rod with metal handle.
B-D. three brass rods.
E. Folding three-blade screwdriver, 2.75" long when closed.
F. Bag, 13" x 2", marked on outside: "P.N.D. #94 / Co. I / 303rd / Inf." in ink. - Material:
- Metal
Textile
Steel
Brass
Canvas - Provenance:
- Used by Philias Napoleon Dubuc (1894-1959), who was born in Franklin, NH, and grew up in Pittsfield, NH. During World War I, he served as a translator for the intelligence section of the 3rd Battalion, 303rd Infantry, in France. From 1931 to 1945, he worked in textile mills in Pittsfield, Suncook, and Manchester, NH, as well as in Massachusetts, Maine, Rhode Island, and Quebec. During World War II, he worked as a government inspector of textiles.
Gift includes several notebooks, letters, certificates, and other papers, all in NHHS manuscripts collection (1991-083). - Credit Line:
- Gift of Madeline Dubuc Hammond and Muriel Dubuc Lynch
- People:
- Dubuc, Philias N. (1894-1959)
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