[Jockeys on race-horses]

[Jockeys on race-horses]

Case

[Jockeys on race-horses]

ca. 1855
Thermoplastic case
Case: 4 × 5 × 7/8 in. (10.2 × 12.7 × 2.2 cm)
Purchase with Photo Acquistions funds
Inscriptions Inscribed in pen on applied label on spine of case: 686
Printed on paper inside of case, C: GENUINE UNION CASE. \ IMPROVED \ Fine Gilt and Burnish\ ed Hinge. \ S. PECK'S PATENT. \ Oct. 3d, 1854. \ H. HALVERSON'S PATENT, \ Aug. 7th, 1855, \ Assigned to S. Peck.
Entry 686 in Mackay's notebook (located in library): Beautiful 4x5 brown octagonal case with jockeys on race-horses. Gift of Nancy & Beaumont Newhall. Worth 10.00. Design by F.Goll. Received about 1945.

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