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Briefcases

Date1943
Terms
  • Briefcases
  • Leather
  • Paper
  • United States
Dimensions30.48 × 40.64 × 11.43 cm (12 × 16 × 4 1/2 in.)
MarkingsOn exterior in gold lettering: "CASE, NAVIGATION; DEAD RECKONING/ TYPE A-4/ SPECIFICATION NO. 94-40258/ ORDER NO. 42-20076-P/ LEATHER SPECIALTY CO."
Credit LineGift of Joan Hosmer Smith in memory of Humphrey Buttrick Hosmer (2014)
Object number2014.15.6
DescriptionNavigation case with contents. Leather case with leather handle; brass buckle and gilt inscription on flap. Contains many navigation papers, maps, and logs, not individually numbered.
Object number: PI1188.0001A
J.B. Lippincott & Co.
Late 1800s
Object number: D0983
Mid 1800s
accessory case
Object number: PER1152.2
Early 1900s
Object number: M2279.1
Benjamin Lincoln Smith
ca. 1825
Object number: M2279.2A-N?
Benjamin Lincoln Smith
ca. 1933-1950
Object number: PER2167.0001B
Mammoth Daguerrian Rooms
Object number: PER2167.0001
ca. 1890-1910