Wooden chest papered with Circus Articles
date: label: Date made
content: 1874
name: label: maker
content: Waterman Brown
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This trunk is believed to be the property of Waterman Brown, (1818-1900) a long-time employee of the Boston and Lowell and Boston and Maine railroads. Formerly an engineer, the Woburn, MA resident transitioned to gatekeeper after losing his arm in a railway accident.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The well-read railman was an enthusiast of elephants and the circus, befriending showman PT Barnum, who provided Brown with tickets to his show whenever visiting Massachussetts.
label: Description (Brief)
content: The wooden, wheeled trunk is marked "Waterman Brown, Woburn MASS, 1874." Newspaper clippings related to the circus and animals are pasted to the interior.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Circus
label: Subject
content: Music
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Elaine Greening Ames Weed
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0596.01
label: accession number
content: 1986.0596
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0596.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Trunk
label: Object Name
content: trunk
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
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content: hide (overall material)
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content: metal (overall material)
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content: paper (overall material)
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content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 50 cm x 35 cm x 30 cm; 19 11/16 in x 13 3/4 in x 11 13/16 in