Document Box
date: label: date made
content: after 1860
label: date key made
content: ca 1887
notes: label: Description
content: Rectangular hinged-lid box painted "G. W. D. R." in gilt on front below the key lock. Red-painted rectangular bail handle on top and two hinges at back. Exterior and interior are japanned black with gilt and red borders around the raised rectangle stamped in the lid top and with gilt penciling or striping around the lid and box edges. Lid and box are made of five pieces, their sides held together by their rolled wire rims and the lid top and box bottom folded onto sides. No marks. Steel key is stored inside; one side of the bow is stamped incuse "CORBIN" and the other "PATD.87." Black string tied to both box handle and key.
label: Description
content: Key maker is Corbin Cabinet Lock Co. (CCL); founded in 1882 in New Britain, CT, and moved to Wheeling, IL, in 2003. Started as manufacturer of locks and related goods, now produces larger assortment of industrial and security hardware.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place box and key made
content: United States: Connecticut, New Britain
label: place used
content: United States: Virginia, Alexandria
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of The Heirs of William and Dennis Ramsay
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.62.0555
label: catalog number
content: 62.0555
label: accession number
content: 220760
objectType: label: Object Name
content: box
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: enamel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (exterior decoration material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (hardware material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (key, parts of lock material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 9 3/8 in x 6 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 23.8125 cm x 16.51 cm