Suitcase

Object Name:

Suitcase

Object ID:

1992.047.37

Date:

1920-1930

Description:

Leather suitcase from millinery shop or home of Richard Codaire (1863-1930), 85 Walnut Street, Manchester, NH. Stamped "P.A.C." on front. Leather handle. Two brass locks. Paper tag tied to handle, inscribed in ink, "SPROUL-BOLTON / 85 WALNUT STREET / MANCHESTER / N.H." Filled with women's clothing. The surname on the tag likely refers to Richard's daughter, Margaret Corrine Codaire, who married D'Arcy St. Clair Sproul-Bolton in 1942.

Material:

Leather
Metal
Brass

Dimensions:

H-7.25 W-15 L-26 inches

Provenance:

Richard Codaire (1863-1930) was born in Abbotsford, Quebec, and became a naturalized US citizen in Holyoke, MA, in 1888. He moved to Manchester, NH, by 1890, and married Gertrude E. Morse Robie (1874-1968) in Nashua in 1892. The couple lived in Manchester and had four children. Richard operated a millinery shop. The Codaire family lived at 85 Walnut Street (1896-1897), then 235 Lowell Street (1898-1900), 223 Lowell (1901-1910), and back to 85 Walnut (1911-1930). The millinery shop was at 33 Hanover Street, (1896-1910), then 30 Bridge Street (1913-1915) and 102 Hanover Street (1917-1921). The collection belonged to Richard Codaire's daughter, Margaret Sproul-Bolton (1903-1994). She was the great aunt of the donor, Beverly Galante.

Credit Line:

Gift of Beverly and Carl Galante

People:

Codaire, Richard (1863-1930)

Subjects:

Millinery, Millinery stores