Francis Jehl's Satchel, Used on His Trip to Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory, 1878
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Suitcase
Date Made
1877-1878
Subject Date
1878
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
00.1382.613
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Leather
Cotton (Textile)
Nickel (Metal)
Steel (Alloy)
Dimensions
Height: 10 in
Width: 9 in
Length: 15.5 in
Inscriptions
stamped in the brass lock: Patented, Sept. 18, 1877 Handwritten on interior flap: Francis Jehl, Menlo Park, NJ Handwritten on tag found inside: The valise that Francis Jehl had when he left New York and went to Thomas A Edison at Menlo Park, N.J. in 1878
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