Name/Title
New England Telephone & Telegraph Co 1920s Tool Suitcase (143*)Entry/Object ID
2012.169.1Description
Suitcase, used by New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. to carry tools, metal, tan with dark metal hinges, 12 x 6 ½ x 18, donated by Elizabeth BrownContext
This particular metal suitcase was used to carry tools in an open truck in the 1920s by James Patrick Brown. Brown was a New England Telephone & Telegraph Co. cable splicer from 1916 - 1959. He was stationed in St. Johnsbury, VT for most of that time. These notes were written and contributed, along with the metal suitcase, by Elizabeth H. Brown, James Patrick Brown's wife.Cataloged By
Betty Beattie Bolevic & Maxine Gray Aldrich, Michael Thurston & Michael FournierProvenance
Provenance Detail
Elizabeth Brown
