Steerage Travel Trunk
Maker and role
Unknown Maker
Production date
Pre 1870
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Metal
Measurements
9 7/8 x 13 7/8 x 10 1/4" (25.1 x 35.2 x 26cm)
Description
Edward Beacom left North Ireland for the United States, to work at the DuPont gunpowder mills. Beacom travelled in steerage aboard a ship from Liverpool, England arriving in Philadelphia in 1870. All of his belonging were packed in this trunk.
Collection
Object number
67.38.2
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