Message in a Plastic Tube

Name/Title

Message in a Plastic Tube

Entry/Object ID

2021.011.137

Scope and Content

Note handwritten in black ink and found in a small plastic tube. The note reads as follows. Mr Stephen Watsey of 23 Franklin Street South River N.J. Custodian of the First Charter National Bank 55 Main Street So. River N.J. Since Sept 26 - 1959 until ? The note measures 4 14/16" x 3 15/16" and is in fair condition. It was rolled and stored in a plastic tube with a cap. The tube measures 1 3/4" long and 5/8" in diameter. A paper label was badly water damaged and removed. The remnants indicate that it included the words "First Charter National Bank." With the tube was what appears to have been a photograph so badly water damaged that the image is no longer visible. The note handwritten on the back is similar to the one found in the tube. Stephen Watsey 23 Franklin Street So. River N.J. 08882 Custodian of the First Charter National Bank of 55 Main Street So. River N.J. since Sept - 1959 until November 1970 The photograph measures 3" x 3 3/8" and is in poor condition.

Acquisition

Accession

2021.011

Source or Donor

South River Borough

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Note

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Hub Sorting

Other Number

137.capsule.001

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Watsey, Stephen, First Charter National Bank