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Not on viewCane, label
Terms
- Labels
- Leather
- Concord (Massachusetts)
Dimensions4.5 × 13.8 cm (1 3/4 × 5 7/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Lee, Olive, and Earnest Russell (1917)
Object numberTh34.1
DescriptionLeather label for Thoreau's walking stick (Th34). Reddish leather, rectangular in shape with trimmed corners, two rips/cracks on one end a small hole on one end presumably for attaching label. On label written in ink reads, "Thoreau's Walking Stick. [Given by his] sister Sophia to H.G.O. Blake, and by him to E.H. Russell. (1898)." On the back in black ink reads, "Given by me to Lee Russell. Dec. 31, 1912. E.H.Russell." Found in object accession file in 2023.
Collections
- Henry David Thoreau Collection
Object number: 2022.1.878.1
Object number: TH10a.1
Object number: TH113.2