| Category: |
Objects -> Household Accessories
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| Donor: |
Unknown |
| Location: |
Historic White Pine Village -> Courthouse
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| Accession Number: |
1950.0.619
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| Name of Object: |
Tobacco Box
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| Description: |
17 inch x 10 inch stout wooden box used to store loose tobacco. Rectangular unfinished wood, flaring sides, no lid, held together by nails; short sides are thicker than long sides.
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| History: |
This tobacco box belonged to James Dexter, the early Justice of the Peace, who performed so many marriage ceremonies of the pioneer couples of Mason County, Michigan.
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| Condition: |
Fair
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| Height: |
6 inches |
| Width: |
10 inches
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| Depth: |
17 inches
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| Year Manufactured: |
0000
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