Document Box or Trunk
date: label: date made
content: 20th century
notes: label: Description
content: Rectangular lidded box with scrolled hasp lock on front, two hinges at back, and one threaded brass post and square nut from the original bail handle still fastened to the stamped top. Lid and box are both made of five pieces, all edges folded. Lid has a wire-rolled rim, while the box edges are folded with a large raised bead below. Tinned interior and exterior. 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.245425.0077
label: catalog number
content: 245425.0077
label: accession number
content: 245425
objectType: label: Object Name
content: box
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: iron (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tin (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: brass (handle post and nut material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 5/8 in x 9 5/8 in x 6 3/4 in; 16.8275 cm x 24.4475 cm x 17.145 cm