- Manufactured by
- Samsonite, American, founded 1910
- Mercury Tours, Inc., American
- Owned by
- Sinclair, Clayton, American
- Sinclair, Hazel, American
- Subject of
- Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
- Date
- 1939-1965
- Medium
- silk (fiber) and leather with wood, plastic and metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D (2012.12.33.1a): 18 5/8 × 19 13/16 × 8 11/16 in. (47.3 × 50.4 × 22 cm)
- H x W x D (2012.12.33.1b): 2 1/16 × 9 5/8 × 3/16 in. (5.3 × 24.4 × 0.4 cm)
- H x W x D (2012.12.33.1c): 2 1/16 × 9 5/8 × 3/16 in. (5.3 × 24.4 × 0.4 cm)
- Description
- A white, medium sized suitcase with a luggage tag and tour tag belonging to Hazel Sinclair, owner of the Rock Rest Tourist Home.
- 2011.12.33.1a: A white, medium sized suitcase with a white and tan marbled exterior belonging to Clayton and Hazel Sinclair, owners of the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The case has a brass lock and brass handle hardware. The interior of the case is lined with gray silk. The case has two (2) tan interior luggage straps and two (2) elasticized pockets on the bottom. There is a silk divider attached to the top side of the case. The top side has three (3) brass hangers. There is a brass and wooden bar that stretches across top side of the silk divider but is attached at the bottom of the top side of the case with hinges. There are two (2) brass plates affixed to the center edge of the top of the case. The top one is oval shaped and has stamped text that reads [SHWAYDER BROS. INC. / Samsonite / DENVER DETROIT]. The plate below has the owner’s initials, [HAS], stamped in large text.
- 2011.12.33.1b: A black leather and plastic suitcase tag attached to the top handle with a white, paper card with black printed text that reads [IDENTIFICATION TAG] at the top with the owner’s information hand printed in blue ink below [CLAYTON SINCLAIR], followed below with his address and phone number. The tag is attached to the case with a black shoestring.
- 2011.12.33.1c: An orange paper tag with black text attached to the top handle reads [MERCURY TOURS, INC. / 31 St. JAMES AVENUE, SUITE 240, BOSTON MA 02116]. Below are three printed lines of texts that read [Name] with the name [Hazel Sinclair] handwritten in pencil, [Bus #1 Tour CANADA], and [Departure Place] with the location [York, ME.] handwritten in pencil. On the back are two (2) sets of numbers handwritten in black text [426] near the top of the tag and [62] encircled in black in on the right side.
- Place collected
- Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
- Place used
- Canada
- Collection title
- The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
- Classification
- Accessories and Personal Effects
- Topic
- Black Enterprise
- Black interiors
- Business
- Recreation
- Segregation
- Travel
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
- Object number
- 2011.12.33.1abc
- Restrictions & Rights
- No known copyright restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




