William Sumner Johnson's Travel Trunk
date: label: date made
content: ca 1849
notes: label: Description
content: With the possibility of striking it rich, thousands of Americans headed to California during the Gold Rush. In 1849, William Sumner Johnson left Connecticut and joined the thousands of ‘49ers heading to the gold fields in San Francisco. He took this trunk on the long trip west and wrote letters home to his wife about the circuitous route that he took across the continent, by sea and on horseback.
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: California, San Francisco
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Many Voices, One Nation
label: Exhibition
content: Many Voices, One Nation
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2009.0230.01
label: catalog number
content: 2009.0230.01
label: accession number
content: 2009.0230
objectType: label: Object Name
content: trunk
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (part: material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (part: material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (part: material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 42.5 cm x 65 cm x 42 cm; 16 3/4 in x 25 9/16 in x 16 9/16 in