- Manufactured by
- Crouch & Fitzgerald, American, founded 1839
- Owned by
- Garrison, George Thompson, American, 1836 - 1904
- Subject of
- 55th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, American, 1863 - 1865
- Date
- ca. 1860
- Medium
- wood, leather, cotton, metal
- Dimensions
- trunk: 18 × 31 × 17 in. (45.7 × 78.7 × 43.2 cm)
- insert tray: 3 9/16 × 29 5/8 × 15 3/4 in. (9 × 75.3 × 40 cm)
- canvas bag: 12 5/8 × 30 11/16 × 16 9/16 in. (32 × 78 × 42 cm)
- Description
- A traveling trunk owned by George Thompson Garrison while serving as an officer with the 55th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. The wood, leather bound trunk is embossed throughout with four rows of brass rivets along the front, top and back of the base and lid. The leather is also stitched along the edges and lip of the trunk. Two metal buckles attached to leather straps are on the left and right sides of the front. A leather strap is attached to the top left of the trunk but the top right strap is removed. The removed strap is broken into nine pieces and includes a meral buckle. The leather is a different color where the original strap was located. A hinged lock plate is on the front of the base with the locking mechanism directly above it on the lid. Embossed below the lock plate on the base is “CROUCH & FITZGERALD / MAKERS / New York.” Embossed on the left and right sides of the trunk is “Geo T. Garrison.” The interior of the trunk has a removable cloth lined tray and a red leather pouch embedded into the cloth lined lid. Underneath the tray is a canvas bag with “Geo T. Garrison.” printed on each side in black paint. The canvas bag is torn in several places.
- Place made
- New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Place used
- Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
- South Carolina, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Slavery and Freedom Objects
- Tools and Equipment
- Type
- trunks (containers)
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2010.24a-d
- Restrictions & Rights
- No known copyright restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




