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1. Case, Traveling - Black leather round traveling case

   Black leather round traveling case with carrying handle and three gold colored hasps. Gold print fabric lining and inner pockets. U.S. Customs Service green stamp V-015895 is adhered to outside top. The case/trunk belonged to Elizabeth Anderson Wakefield whose initials "E.A.W." are below the handle. A card inside states that it was used by the Hutchinson Family during their travels.

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2. Chest, Doll - Doll trunk

   Small tan fiber board trunk with black paper & metal trim, leather corners, & front lock. Four drawers; two wooden clothes hangers; brown paper lining. Intended for doll clothes. Belonged to Cecilia Grewe.

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3. Chest, Tool - Wooden trunk or chest

   Homemade wooden tool chest with a flat lid. Inside it has a movable divided tray that slides. Rope handles on each end. Marked "1855" in pencil inside the lid. Long metal strap hinges inside the lid. Possibly belonged to David A. Adams. Planes belonging to D. A. Adams are stored in the tool chest: 1988-1801-001; 1988-1812-001; 1988-1824-001; 1988-1776-001; 1988-1772-001; 1988-1779-001; 1988-1783-001. David A. Adams was one of McLeod Count...

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4. Footlocker - Footlocker: LeRoy Teschendorf, 1945

   Army footlocker of 1st Lt. LeRoy Teschendorf of Plato, son of Frank & Mildred Teschendorf. LeRoy was born March 27, 1924 and executed April 21, 1945, five days before Americans took over the concentraton camp. He was on his 49th bombing mission according to information obtained by Senator John McCain. Donor Alfred Burdorf is a cousin to LeRoy: LeRoy's mother and Alfred's father were siblings. The olive green trunk has two leather handles, fron...

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5. Footlocker - Military footlocker

   Military footlocker from an unknown member of the 135th Infantry Company B, Minnesota National Guard. In World War II men from McLeod County served in the 135th Regiment which had the motto "To the Last Man" . The First Battalion, Company B was located at Hutchinson with Captain Axel Jensen. Trunk is made of metal painted olive drab with red and cream stripes around the outside; three leather handles; two metal hasps and metal lock. "135th.I...

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6. Footlocker - World War II wooden footlocker

   World War II wooden footlocker with removable double compartment tray. Belonged to Herbert Nutter, Stewart, MN. Herbert Nutter was born February 23, 1916, son of Frank & Mary Baliman Nutter. He attended Gustavus Adolphus College and graduated in 1941. He entered active military service on December 23, 1942 and served on a transport ship, which enabled him to travel throughout the world. He was honorably discharged on December 5, 1945 at Br...

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7. Print, Photographic - Charley Senescall Delivering Freight

   Sepia toned photograph of a horse drawn freight wagon stacked with trunks in front of the Merchants Hotel in Hutchinson, MN. The driver is Charley Senescall c.1900. Baseman's Building is across the street at right. Charley Senescall, operator of one of many dray line companies, assisted traveling salesmen who arrived in Hutchinson by train every three or four months. He would haul trunks filled with salesmen's samples from the railroad depo...

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8. Print, Photographic - Charley Senescall Delivering Trunks

   Black and white reproduction photograph of a horse drawn freight wagon stacked with trunks in front of Merchants Hotel in Hutchinson, MN. The driver is Charley Senescall c.1900. Baseman's Building is across the street at right. Charley Senescall, operator of one of many dray line companies, assisted traveling salesmen who arrived in Hutchinson by train every three or four months. He would haul trunks filled with salesmen's samples from the ...

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9. Print, Photographic - Henry Klima, trunk & musical instruments

   Color tinted reproduction photograph of Henry Klima playing his accordion. He is standing by his orchestra trunk that was painted by Les Kouba. Words on the front of the trunk are "Henry Klima Orchestra, Silver Lake, Minn. Route 1, Old and New Time Music". The trunk is attached to the rear of a 1929 Chrysler. A saxophone and a red megaphone are on top of the trunk. A guitar, banjo, and snare drums are in front of Henry and his orchestra name is ...

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10. Trunk - Edmund F. Laible trunk, Spanish American War, 1899

    Wooden box trunk. Belonged to Edmund F. Laible when he served in the Second U. S. Cavalry in Cuba during the Spanish American War. He was the grandfather of donor Karen Sather Hendricksen. The trunk was given to Edmund's son George H. Laible in 1925 when he was 17 years old. Edmund Franz Joseph Laible was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 10, 1875. He was the son of George and Marie Hopps Laible. Upon the death of the father George Lai...

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11. Trunk - Emma Chapek Lake trunk

    Large metal trunk with wooden cross pieces, leather handles, metal latches and locking hasp, metal corners, straps & edges, and four rollers on bottom. The interior tray is cloth covered and has twill tape ties. The name Emma T. Chapek, Chokio/Dassel is on a paper label attached to the top lid. Emma Chapek Lake was born April 28, 1898 in Hutchinson Township, Bear Lake Community. She was the daughter of Anton & Anna Balek Chapek, the younge...

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12. Trunk - Hartmann wardrobe trunk

    Cushion top wardrobe steamer trunk made by the Hartmann Trunk Company, Racine WI. Designed to stand on end for packing or open use. Has a hanging compartment on the left with wooden hangers that slide on a chrome rod that extends outward for use and folds inward for travel. Originally there might have been a shoe box at the bottom and a fabric dust shield over the hanging clothing. The left half has a hinged lid that is lined in padded velvet...

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13. Trunk - Henry Klima's large metal trunk

    Large metal trunk used for carrying equipment of Henry Klima's Orchestra, 1930-1943. The trunk was painted by Les C. Kouba. Made of metal sheeting with an accordion painted on the front and name "Henry Klima's Orchestra, Rt 2, Silver Lake, MN. Old and New Time Music". On each end of the trunk are pictures of a musician with an accordion. A photograph of the trunk attached to the rear of a 1929 Chrysler is object #1991-0018-001. Members of the...

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14. Trunk - Large heavy duty wooden traveling trunk

    Large heavy duty wooden traveling trunk once used by the Hutchinson family. Has inner two section wooden tray; outer greenish fabric over wood; metal hardware and corners; wood slat reinforcing on outside; gray paper lining inside. Donor Elizabeth Hutchinson Fournie was a performer in 1892 at the tender age of 7. She sang and danced soft shoe with the Tribe of Asa Young Folks, a branch of the Hutchinson Family Singers. She was known as "Li...

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15. Trunk - Leather trunk

    Large brown tooled leather covered "Jenny Lind" or "Bread loaf" trunk with two wood slats & casters on the bottom and leather handles on each end. Has a brass lock, metal snaps and hinges and tooled designs on the top and front. Originally had two top leather straps. Inside the cover is a drop-down wooden bin with a decorative colored Victorian front design. A wooden lift-out tray with compartments is inside the trunk itself. The trunk lo...

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16. Trunk - Trunk

    Wooden humpback trunk with wooden straps, metal edges, and metal bottom & corner strips. Domed cover with decorative metal shields at ends of three wooden bands. Red metal embossed design on the outside between wooden slats. One wooden divided tray inside. Four small roller wheels on bottom. Many patterns were stamped into the steel coverings of trunks from the late 1870s to 1910. Most production of all patterns ceased by 1910.

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17. Trunk - Trunk

    Large wooden trunk covered in leather with domed lid and iron-reinforced corners. Has punched designs on the leather and a brass lock & two clasps on the front. Originally had leather handles. Three partial shipping labels on one end are for Hutchinson, McLeod County; Old Colony & Ne__ Received at Baggage (rest unreadable); and New York Transfer Co., Dodds Express, No. West St. (rest unreadable). Pictures of two women are on the paper linin...

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18. Trunk - Wicker trunk

    Large wicker trunk (trousseau basket) with handles & loop fasteners. Brought from Germany by donor's mother Marie Bunke Luedtke when she came with her family to Ellis Island and then to Wisconsin as an immigrant. Her obituary stated that the year was 1893, with arrival in New York on July 4th. [According to the 1930 census William (b.1875) immigrated in 1891 and Marie (Mary) (b. April 22, 1873) in 1896.] The family spent one year at Merrill Wi...

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19. Trunk - Wooden trunk

    Wooden trunk (kufr, in Czech) c.1870. Property of Frantisek J. & Mary Wosmek Pulkrabek, Czech settlers in McLeod County. They lived at Rural Route #2 on a 40 acre farm on the northeast corner of 177th Street and Nickel Avenue three miles east of Hutchinson, MN. They were the maternal grandparents of donor John Sustacek. Trunk has dome lid with four curved wooden strips across the top ending with decorative end pieces. Embossed metal covers the...

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20. Trunk - Wooden trunk

    Wooden trunk made by Anton Cacka about 1850 in Bohemia. Brought to America in 1884. Wood with heavy metal banding, straps and hinges.

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