Toll Box
Original OwnerOriginally owned by
Hartford Bridge Company
American
Date1809-1889
MediumWood, iron, paper
ClassificationsEquipment
Credit LineGift of William R. Secord
Description[Wood box, joined with nails, possibly an either an old drawer, or made by a furniture maker, with a paper label. The label reads, " Box for pennies / put in use in 1809 / at toll house of / Hartford Bridge Co. / and in constant use / until Sept. [?] 1889 / [when] bridge was [?]"]
Object number1922.10.1
InscribedHandwritten in ink on paper adhered to the side of the box reads, "32207 / Box for pennies / put in use in 1809 / at toll house of / Hartford Bridge Co. / and in constant use / until Sept. [?] 1889 / [when] bridge was [?]"Additional handwriting in ink on bottom of box, illegible.
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