Linen bag

DateEarly 1900s

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Gold
Cripple Creek

Dimensions5.08 cm (2 in.)

MarkingsLabel attached: "To Master Wesley Wilmot/ 28 Grork (?) St./ West Medford, Mass. From Uncle Fred [?]". 1/4 of a postal mark is visible. And notice: "This novelty can be mailed anywhere as it is without wrapping or folding. Postage 1 cent".

Credit LineBequest of Wesley P. Wilmot (2001)

Object number2002.9.23

DescriptionSmall linen bag, with a cord tied at neck. Label on front: "Gold Ore from Cripple [?] Creek". Cripple Creek, CO: town on the southwest slopes of Pikes Peak in the Colorado Rockies. Gold was discovered in 1891, transforming the small, ranching community into one of the world's richest gold camps, attracting tens of thousands of people seeking their fortune.