Object Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2019.43.1 |
Object Name |
Box |
Description |
Box, postcard, 6"w x 4"h x 2 1/2"d, wood, embellished with people wearing tradition Dutch costume, word- "Post Cards", using art of pyrography (wood burning), hinged top opening lid. Dorothy Heinberg (1918-2016) was a longtime Bartlett resident and Milwaukee Road employee. With the perk of free railroad travel she frequently vacationed and did her co-workers. She saved many of their postcard greetings in this charming wooden postcard box which is embellished with people wearing traditional Dutch costume, using the art of pyrography (wood burning). |
Year Range from |
1930 |
Year Range to |
1960 |
Material |
Wood |
Height (in) |
4.000 |
Width (in) |
6.000 |
Depth (in) |
2.500 |
Number of images |
2 |
Relation |
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Subjects |
Containers Postcards Stamps, Postage Travel Vacations |
People |
Heinberg, Dorothy |
Accession number |
2019.43 |