CASE, MAP
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1910
- Date Range To
- 1925
- Materials
- WOOD, METAL, PAPER
- Catalogue Number
- P19800066000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1910
- Date Range To
- 1925
- Materials
- WOOD, METAL, PAPER
- No. Pieces
- 5
- Height
- 11.4
- Length
- 111.8
- Width
- 48.3
- Description
- WOOD MAP CASE WITH METAL CATCH & HINGES. CONTAINS 4 MAPS, ALTHOUGH CAPACITY FOR 8. MAPS ARE: ALBERTA, NORTH AMERICA, WESTERN HEMISPHERE, EASTERN HEMISPHERE. EACH IS PAPER WITH CLOTHING BACKING ON WOOD ROLLER. BOTTOM OF CASE HAS "LEA ASPLUND" & "JK" WRITTEN IN INK. MAPS DATE TO CA. 1900 (PRE WORLD WAR ONE). MAPS ARE WORN & WEATHERED AT BOTTOM.
- Subjects
- FURNITURE
- DOCUMENTARY ARTIFACT
- Historical Association
- EDUCATION
- History
- MAPCASE & MAPS CAME FROM TEACHERAGE, BUFFALO COULEE SCHOOL IN COUNTY OF MINBURN. FOUND IN SHED BEHIND SCHOOL IN 1971 OR '72. THE SCHOOL OPENED IN THE MID 1920'S & CLOSED IN 1973. JAMES ASPLUND WAS PRINCIPAL OF ELEMENTARY & JR. HIGH WHICH HAD 4 CLASSROOMS & AUDITORIUM. DONOR LEFT A YEAR BEFORE CLOSURE.
- Catalogue Number
- P19800066000
- Acquisition Date
- 1979-08
- Collection
- Museum
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