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Does anyone know what the wooden box on the left (with spaced holes) would be used for? -
Is it used for storage by the family?
Thank you. Susan Armstrong
Is it used for storage by the family?
Thank you. Susan Armstrong
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Last edited by MrsArmstrong; 10-30-2013, 04:54 PM. -
Re: Box question - Laundress photo LOC
Madam-
I have my suspicions what the box "may" have been for but am not completely sure so I attempted to confirm with some research. I did not find it exactly but came across this dandy website with all sorts of 18th and 19th century antique type boxes that may have an example of this box with further browsing. Either way the variety and pictures on this website that I am attaching with a link are quite interesting. Perhaps it will be of use.
Louis Zenti
Pvt. Albert R. Cumpston (Company B, 12th Illinois Vol. Inf.-W.I.A. February 15, 1862)
Pvt. William H. Cumpston (Company B, 12th Illinois Vol. Inf.-K.I.A. February 15, 1862 Ft. Donelson)
Pvt. Simon Sams (Co. C, 18th Iowa Inf.-K.I.A. January 8, 1863 Springfield, MO)
Pvt. Elisha Cox (Co. C, 26th North Carolina Inf.-W.I.A. July 3, 1863 Gettysburg)
"...in the hottest of the fight, some of the rebs yelled out...them must be Iowa boys". Charles O. Musser 29th Iowa Infantry
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