Large packing trunk

Large packing trunk

Camping

Kephart, Horace, 1862-1931

(a) Packing trunk; Canvas covered wooden trunk; metal reinforcing hardware (rusted); leather handles; lock broken; some abrasions to canvas; edges reinforced with red metal; lid and bottom have wooden cross supports; Interior has supports for tray and is cloth lined with flowered paper trim; cloth is ripped and stained with ink; lid appears to have contained tacked on large leather label (remnants remain) approximately 14''L x 8 1/2''W; contents of trunk included - aspirin, fish hooks, and old Great Smoky Mountains National Park label, percussion caps, rope (all bagged); 1 metal hinge for lid; ''H. Kephart'' written on left end in large letters; cardstock label tacked on right end ''Horace Kephart, Bryson, N.C.'' (b) Tray; cloth lined; cloth stained and torn; tray somewhat bowed at the back; has finger holes for lifting.

Unknown

73-01

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

Unknown

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artifacts (object genre)

eng

StillImage

32542

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/32542

2005-06-28

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packing trunk: 30.25'' x 18'' x 11.5'' exclusive of handles(dimension)

tray: 28'' x 15'' x 3''(dimension)

Horace Kephart