Object Record
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Metadata
Object ID |
1761.a |
Title |
Presentation box John C. Vivian |
Object Name |
Box |
Date |
1944 |
Description |
Vivian Estate" Footed wooden presentation box, lock on front, hinged lid. Plaque on top reads, "The Honorable John C. Vivian Governor of Colorado, Pensylvannia Conference, 1944." Interior bottom is lined with purple velvet. Presentation box holds a gavel, booklet titled "Pennsylvania Keepsakes," and a small silver key. |
Provenance |
This presentation box and its contents was presented to John C. Vivian, Governor of Colorado, during the Conference of Governors held in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, May 28-31, 1944. According to literature that came with the presentation box (see booklet 1761.c), the wood from this box was made from the wood of the Flagship Niagara which rested at the bottom of Lake Erie since 1820, when it was sunk for preservation a few years after the Battle of Lake Erie and the War of 1812. According to the booklet dated ca. 1944, the wood of the box "is more than a century old." |
Condition |
Good |
People |
Vivian, John Charles |
Search Terms |
Golden political figures |