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Trunk, leather and animal fur, Emily Manchester
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
  • Object, Trunk
  • unknown, unless made by John Manchester
  • 1850
Trunk, leather and animal fur, Emily Manchester
Mount Desert Island Historical Society
Identifier:
  • mdihs-12030
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]