Shipping Box for Tobacco, 1902

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Artifact Overview

Workers at Will Currier's shoe shop in Newton, New Hampshire, used a variety of tools, fasteners and bits of leather, wood, and metal to make shoes. Small wooden boxes, like this one, helped organize the shop and kept needed material close at hand.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Box (Container)

Date Made

1902

Subject Date

12 April 1902

Location

at Henry Ford Museum in Made in America

Object ID

28.997.169

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Wood (Plant Material)

Dimensions

Length: 13.125 in
Width: 12.75 in
Height: 3.5 in

Inscriptions

side: "Eglantine"; "6 1/2"