- Date
- 1925 – 1933
- Material
- fibre; skin; metal; paper
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0382
- Description
- A tightly fitted light brown canvas cover over a large rectangular natural coloured leather suitcase. Cover has keyhole cut through for handle, and zips across ends and along one side with two zippers meeting at the middle by the handle. Suitcase is rectangular box of natural coloured pigskin cover…
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- Title
- Suitcase
- Date
- 1925 – 1933
- Material
- fibre; skin; metal; paper
- Dimensions
- 19.7 x 38.7 x 72.0 cm
- Description
- A tightly fitted light brown canvas cover over a large rectangular natural coloured leather suitcase. Cover has keyhole cut through for handle, and zips across ends and along one side with two zippers meeting at the middle by the handle. Suitcase is rectangular box of natural coloured pigskin covering a stiff, cardboard? form. Leather is stitched on and reinforced at corners with heavy leather patches riveted on. Box like lid stitched to bottom across back and supported inside with two strap hinges. Two heavy brass snap latches with keyholes in round locks on each side, English Lever". Heavy leather handle attached to middle of one side with heavy brass fittings. Inside lined with leather and has two canvas straps attached to bottom to secure clothes. Covered with travel stickers of hotels, steamship lined, railroads, etc. from around the world.
- Subject
- Whyte home
- households
- travel
- PW
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- 103.08.0382
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