- SCA217-GA200-5-70
- File
- 1892-[ca. 1902]
Part of Rieder and Anthes family fonds.
File consists of a keepsake box and sewing kit received by Martha Rieder for Christmas, 1892, from John and Carrie Breithaupt. Box is red velvet with a painting of two birds on the top (painting cracked and flaking off in some places). Contents of the box include:
- sewing kit items (needle case, needle, hook, thimble, etc.),
- pin cushion for displaying trinkets,
- 2 trinkets (birch bark canoe, souvenir of [?] tower),
- small paper fan with painting of matador and bull,
- mother of pearl bottle with decorative metal trim and cork stopper (scent flask?),
- clam shells attached with metal hinges and painted with flowers (souveinr of Niagara Falls [?]; paint flaking off; containing some type of fragrant material?),
- red velvet coin purse with leather interior containing a miniature pocket knife and coins (5 cents Canadian 1902, 5 cents US 1895, 25 cents US 1895).
Box also contains ms. note: "Martha M. Anthes, Christmas 1892, from Carrie and John."
Rieder and Anthes family