Francis Jehl's Satchel, Used on His Trip to Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory, 1878

Artifact

Suitcase

Date Made

1877-1878

Subject Date

1878

Place of Creation

United States 

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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