Document Box, circa 1835
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Any American involved in business in the early 1800s would have used a document box to carry important papers. Though these functional containers weren't fancy, they were nearly always decorated. The men and women who painted document boxes like this one may have been part of a family tin business or hired by a tin shop to do freelance decoration.
Any American involved in business in the early 1800s would have used a document box to carry important papers. Though these functional containers weren't fancy, they were nearly always decorated. The men and women who painted document boxes like this one may have been part of a family tin business or hired by a tin shop to do freelance decoration.
Artifact
Box (Container)
Date Made
circa 1835
Place of Creation
On Exhibit
at Greenfield Village in Susquehanna House
Object ID
72.99.2
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Tin (Metal)
Dimensions
Width: 5.063 in
Length: 9.25 in
Inscriptions
On right end: B.A. Burnham? or Burnlow?
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