Trunk, leather and animal fur, Emily Manchester

Identifier:
12030  
Object ID:
006.20.1
Catalog:
Objects
Title:
Trunk, leather and animal fur, Emily Manchester
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??
Creator:
unknown, unless made by John Manchester
Date:
1850

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Citation

unknown, unless made by John Manchester, “Trunk, leather and animal fur, Emily Manchester,” Mount Desert Island Historical Society, accessed November 21, 2024, https://mdihs.digitalarchive.us/items/show/11664.Item 12030

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