Medium sized suitcase with a luggage tag and tour tag owned by Hazel Sinclair
date: label: Date
content: 1939-1965
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Samsonite, American, founded 1910
label: Manufactured by
content: Mercury Tours, Inc., American
label: Owned by
content: Clayton Sinclair, American
label: Owned by
content: Hazel Sinclair, American
label: Subject of
content: Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
notes: label: Description
content: A white, medium sized suitcase with a luggage tag and tour tag belonging to Hazel Sinclair, owner of the Rock Rest Tourist Home.
label: Description
content: 2011.12.33.1a: A white, medium sized suitcase with a white and tan marbled exterior belonging to Clayton and Hazel Sinclair, owners of the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The case has a brass lock and brass handle hardware. The interior of the case is lined with gray silk. The case has two (2) tan interior luggage straps and two (2) elasticized pockets on the bottom. There is a silk divider attached to the top side of the case. The top side has three (3) brass hangers. There is a brass and wooden bar that stretches across top side of the silk divider but is attached at the bottom of the top side of the case with hinges. There are two (2) brass plates affixed to the center edge of the top of the case. The top one is oval shaped and has stamped text that reads [SHWAYDER BROS. INC. / Samsonite / DENVER DETROIT]. The plate below has the owner’s initials, [HAS], stamped in large text.
label: Description
content: 2011.12.33.1b: A black leather and plastic suitcase tag attached to the top handle with a white, paper card with black printed text that reads [IDENTIFICATION TAG] at the top with the owner’s information hand printed in blue ink below [CLAYTON SINCLAIR], followed below with his address and phone number. The tag is attached to the case with a black shoestring.
label: Description
content: 2011.12.33.1c: An orange paper tag with black text attached to the top handle reads [MERCURY TOURS, INC. / 31 St. JAMES AVENUE, SUITE 240, BOSTON MA 02116]. Below are three printed lines of texts that read [Name] with the name [Hazel Sinclair] handwritten in pencil, [Bus #1 Tour CANADA], and [Departure Place] with the location [York, ME.] handwritten in pencil. On the back are two (2) sets of numbers handwritten in black text [426] near the top of the tag and [62] encircled in black in on the right side.
place: label: Place collected
content: Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
label: Place used
content: Canada
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Black interiors
label: Topic
content: Business
label: Topic
content: Recreation
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Travel
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
label: Classification
content: Accessories and Personal Effects
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.12.33.1abc
objectType: label: Type
content: suitcases
label: Type
content: tags
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No known copyright restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: silk (fiber) and leather with wood, plastic and metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2012.12.33.1a): 18 5/8 × 19 13/16 × 8 11/16 in. (47.3 × 50.4 × 22 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2012.12.33.1b): 2 1/16 × 9 5/8 × 3/16 in. (5.3 × 24.4 × 0.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (2012.12.33.1c): 2 1/16 × 9 5/8 × 3/16 in. (5.3 × 24.4 × 0.4 cm)