trunk
notes: label: Description
content: Luggage; black enamel paint; rectangular shaped with hinged lid; adjacent blue and white vertical stripes down front, lid and back; black painted tin reinforcement at edges bolted in place with brass studs; gilded tin corner reinforcements, buckles, and keylock escutcheon plates; paper shipping labels glued to exterior for "PITT & SCOTIS EXPRESS...PARIS..." and "LE HAVRE..."; white painted lettering on top; "SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION / WASHINGTON D.C. 20560"; short sides have guilded tin plates holding brown leather handles; white lettering "M.B. / 5"; white paper label on one side: "20/4/68 37 / Comtesse de Bismark."; lined with blue and white sponge-print wallpaper; steel strap hinge at right back corner between lid and base; label, top front exterior: "The binding on this / Trunk is Vulcanized Fibre MADE BY / NATIONAL VULCANIZED FIBRE CO."; brass plate in left bottom corner of lid: "Macy Associates"; measures 21 3/4" (55.2 cm) H. x 36" (91.4 cm) W. x 20 1/4" (51.4 cm) D.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Home and Community Life: Costume
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Countess Mona Bismarck
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: CS.278873.78
label: catalog number
content: 278873.78
label: accession number
content: 278873
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Trunk
label: Other Terms
content: Trunk; Luggage; Accessories for the Care of Clothing; 1930 00 00+, 1960 00 00=
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: enamel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 48 in x 39 in x 98 in; 121.92 cm x 99.06 cm x 248.92 cm