Traveling trunk used by George Thompson Garrison in the Civil War
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1860
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Crouch & Fitzgerald, American, founded 1839
label: Owned by
content: George Thompson Garrison, American, 1836 - 1904
label: Subject of
content: 55th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, American, 1863 - 1865
notes: label: Description
content: A traveling trunk owned by George Thompson Garrison while serving as an officer with the 55th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. The wood, leather bound trunk is embossed throughout with four rows of brass rivets along the front, top and back of the base and lid. The leather is also stitched along the edges and lip of the trunk. Two metal buckles attached to leather straps are on the left and right sides of the front. A leather strap is attached to the top left of the trunk but the top right strap is removed. The removed strap is broken into nine pieces and includes a meral buckle. The leather is a different color where the original strap was located. A hinged lock plate is on the front of the base with the locking mechanism directly above it on the lid. Embossed below the lock plate on the base is “CROUCH & FITZGERALD / MAKERS / New York.” Embossed on the left and right sides of the trunk is “Geo T. Garrison.” The interior of the trunk has a removable cloth lined tray and a red leather pouch embedded into the cloth lined lid. Underneath the tray is a canvas bag with “Geo T. Garrison.” printed on each side in black paint. The canvas bag is torn in several places.
place: label: Place made
content: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
label: Place used
content: Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
label: Place used
content: South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Military
label: Topic
content: Slavery
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Slavery and Freedom Objects
label: Classification
content: Tools and Equipment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2010.24a-d
objectType: label: Type
content: trunks (containers)
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: wood, leather, cotton, metal
label: Dimensions
content: trunk: 18 × 31 × 17 in. (45.7 × 78.7 × 43.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: insert tray: 3 9/16 × 29 5/8 × 15 3/4 in. (9 × 75.3 × 40 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: canvas bag: 12 5/8 × 30 11/16 × 16 9/16 in. (32 × 78 × 42 cm)