Item	Title	Type	Subject	Creator	Publisher	Date
12030	Trunk, leather and animal fur, Emily Manchester	Object, Trunk		unknown, unless made by John Manchester		1850	Trunk, leather and animal fur, Emily Manchester Item: 12030    Object ID: 006.20.1 Catalog: Objects Type: Object, Trunk Creator: unknown, unless made by John Manchester Date: 1850 Description: Small (doll's sized) trunk adorned with animal fur and leather on the outside, lined with printed paper on the inside. A slip of paper on the inside reads: "This trunk was given to Emily Manchester by her father Major John Manchester, in 1850, (Now in the Gilley family)" Emily was born in 1834 and would have been 16 when she got the trunk. She was one of 10 children (from 2 wives). Fur on trunk needs to be identified: could be beaver, deer?? [show more]

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