Name/Title
Barrel-top traveling trunk from 836 Oak Street, c. 1900Entry/Object ID
2006.40.1Description
ACC. NO. 06.40.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: HOUSEHOLD
OBJECT: TRUNK
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1900
DESCRIPTION:
A TRAVELING TRUNK CONSTRUCTED OF WOOD. TRUNK HAS A BARREL SHAPED TOP, LID OF WHICH HAS PRINTED LETTERS, "SAN FRANCISKO, CAL." THE CHEST CAN BE LIFTED AT EITHER END BY CRUDE BARREL-STYLE HANDLES. INTERIOR HAS AN ATTACHED BOX WITH LID FOR STORING SMALL OBJECTS. EXTERIOR OF LID AND SIDES HAVE THE ORIGINAL VARNISH FINISH.
SIZE: LID: DEPTH 23-1/2"; TRUNK: L 44" HEIGHT 26"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: CHEST WHICH WAS PROBABLY SHIPPED FROM SWEDEN TO NEW YORK, AND EVENTUALLY TO SAN FRANCISCO; ULTIMATELY BROUGHT TO ALAMEDA BY A FAMILY WHO LIVED AT 836 OAK STREET.
DONOR: UNKNOWN
CATALOGED: JUNE 3, 2006
![Inspected label: Scandinavian - American - Line
From Christiania by S.S.
Inspected
on this .... day of ... 19
Not valid unless bearing the United States Consular Stamp
S. 317.3.1,10,809 [?]
Stamp](https://d8e7jbdw4fu0e.cloudfront.net/2299/8d9d5a10-8c0b-11ea-b63b-f778384d1b4b-vUUOORl.lg@2x.jpg)
