Collection Highlights
Madison Square Presbyterian Church
Date:
ca. 1906
Object Number:
PR.042.2
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Civil War conversion cartridge box
Object Number:
1936.540
Date:
1855-1870
Medium:
Leather, brass, iron, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 in. ( 15.6 x 23.5 cm )
Description:
Leather, brass, iron, and wood cartridge box; rectangular black leather box with one horizontal and two vertical loops for shoulder belt riveted to rear, iron buckles at bottom, an implement pocket on front, and double flaps with a strap on the outer flap that fastens to a brass stud at bottom of box; box contains wooden block bored with twenty cartridge holes.
Gallery Label:
This cartridge box resembles boxes made for use with the Model 1866 U.S. Breech-Loading Rifle, and boxes first made in 1855 for use with .58 caliber cartridges. It was formerly part of the Francis Bannerman collection.
Credit Line:
Purchase
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
