Document Box
date: label: date made
content: early 20th century
notes: label: Description
content: Red-brown painted, vertical rectangular box with flat, overhanging lid that closes over the box front. Lid has a flat-arched, concave strap handle riveted on top, two hinges at back and a slot on front for a wire staple. Lid and box are embossed with a wide band running depthwise around their centers and have rolled wire rims. Lid is made of one piece, while the box is made of three, two end pieces and one forming the front, bottom and back; all seams folded and soft soldered. No marks.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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 Kenneth E. Jewett
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.251349.0030
label: catalog number
content: 251349.0030
label: accession number
content: 251349
objectType: label: Object Name
content: box
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel, galvanized (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron (handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: iron wire (rims material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (exterior material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/8 in x 7 3/8 in x 4 3/4 in; 18.0975 cm x 18.7325 cm x 12.065 cm