Suitcase

Object detail

Accession number

2013.400

Production period

1950s

Description

Large brown faux leather portmanteau suitcase with a rigid central metal frame. Two bucked leather straps wrap around body. Leather handle at top and central metal lock. Many baggage stickers from the 1940s-1950s including Orient Line stickers and one New Zealand Railways sticker with the destination Auckland. Inititals J.P.K. stamped on one side.

Marks

J.P.K. Initials
LAKES / OF / KILLARNEY / INTERNATIONAL / HOTEL
K / ORIENT / LINE
ROYAL / STATION HOTEL / Hull
VICTORIA / HOTEL / AMSTERDAM
New Zealand Railways. / AUCKLAND Sticker

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Leather
Processed Material/Metal

Collection

Textiles Collection

Credit Line

Suitcase, 2013.400. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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Classification

Case, Personal Suitcase Personal Artefacts Personal Gear Personal Carrying & Storage Gear

Collection type

Rail Transport

Subject auto tags

Brown Wood Motor vehicle Font Art Gas Automotive exterior Wood stain Metal Carving

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