Collection Highlights
The N. O. massacre
Date:
1866
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1866.43
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Steamer trunk
Object Number:
INV.14572
Date:
ca. 1869
Medium:
Wood, cedar, brass, paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 25 3/4 x 36 x 23 3/4 in. ( 65.4 x 91.4 x 60.3 cm )
Marks:
printed: on inside of lid: "CAUTION/ Dealers are hereby cautioned against buying or dealing in/ CEDAR-LINED MOTH-PROOF TRUNKS/ other than those of our manufacture and bearing our Name, Trade-Mark, letters, Patent of the United States having been granted
Description:
Wooden steamer chest with cedar lining; paper exterior painted with brown trompe-l'oiel paneling and abstract designs; printed image of a cart-load of hay with town with steeples affixed to inside of lid; green printed inscription inside bottom.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
