Wallet
- Object Name:
- Wallet
- Object ID:
- 2006.048
- Date:
- 1850-1880
- Description:
- Wallet. Originally owned by Capt. Samuel Blodgett Kidder (1806-1885) of Manchester, NH. Brown leather; dark glossy surface on exterior, worn; decorated with incised diagonal lines. Two pockets inside, each with a divider. Signed in black ink on one of the pockets, "Samuel B. Kidder / Manchester, / N.H." An ink inscription on the other pocket is illegible. Leather strap, 9.2" long, wraps around exterior when closed and slides through leather loop on flap. Short leather strap on inside slides through leather loop on one of the pockets.
- Material:
- Tissue
Leather - Dimensions:
- H-3.8 W-6.7 D-1.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Samuel B. Kidder (1806-1885) was Superintendent of Locks at the Amoskeag Mfg. Co. in Manchester for 54 years. His house on the east bank of the Merrimack River was an important gathering spot for nationally known politicians and other notables, including Henry Ward Beecher.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Gary McLaughlin
- Subjects:
- Wallet
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