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Pail, Lunch

Object Name:
Pail, Lunch
Object ID:
1967.032.037
Place of Origin:
Canaan, NH
Date:
circa 1870
Description:
Lunch pail (A), with removable cover (B). Cylindrical tin pail with bail handle on body and soldered loop handle on cover. "Elmira Allard" scratched in cursive lettering three times on bottom and once inside cover.
Material:
Metal
Tin
Dimensions:
H-5.75 Dia-6 inches
Provenance:
Probably originally owned and used by Elmira Allard (1846-1924) before her marriage to Joseph C. Dupuis in 1870. From the Rock-Millen families of Lebanon, NH.
Credit Line:
Gift of Ethel Rock Millen
Subjects:
Pails
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