The Joseph Dow trunk archive
Chest · exterior & contents
19 photographs from Whit’s record of the recovered collection.
Photograph numbers identify images within this archive, rather than page numbers in the original documents. Repeat views are retained. Select an image to open the full photograph.
End view of the wooden chest.
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Exterior writing on the chest.
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Close view of exterior markings.
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Another view of the exterior writing.
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Side and edge of the chest, with hardware.
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Close view of the side hardware.
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Narrow end of the chest.
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The nameplate on the chest.
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A second view of the nameplate.
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Exterior boards and the nameplate.
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Front view of the closed chest.
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The long exterior boards and their joints.
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The chest seen from above.
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The chest open, with bundles of papers inside.
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Front view showing the lock plate.
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Closed chest, photographed in another setting.
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Close view of the nameplate and its fastenings.
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End view showing the curved lid.
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Another view of the chest’s exterior boards.
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