Images(6)

Footlocker

Object number2016.158.1

Date1936

MediumWood; Paint; Metal; Leather; Paper; Adhesive; Fabric

Credit LineGift of Audrie Paluselli

DescriptionGreen painted wooden footlocker.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth (a): 12.875 × 30.5 × 19.25 in. (32.7 × 77.5 × 48.9 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (b): 1.375 × 5.125 × 0.125 in. (3.5 × 13 × 0.3 cm)
Inscriptions(a)
Top has handpainted text: on left is "F. C. Constant / Universal, Pa." and on the right is "S 140 / U.H.S. / '36".

Metal sign mounted inside lid has black text "PENNSYLVANIA / STATE FOREST / BOUNDARY".

Triangular black patch mounted inside lid has red embroidered text "CCC / 382".

Inside of lid at center is black stamp with text "NRA / MEMBER / U.S. / WE DO OUR PART".

Triangular white and red patch mounted inside lid has red embroidered text "JUNIOR / LSS".

Paper piece mounted inside lid has printed black text "TALLY / TABLE BT COUPLE VT / 1 / 2 / TALLY / NAME".

(b)
Patch has embroidered red text "UNIVERSAL".
Historical NotesThis Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) trunk belonged to the donor's uncle Frank Constant of Universal, Pennsylvania. Constant belonged to Company 382 from about 1933 to 1936. Pennsylvania had the largest amount of CCC camps of any state, largely due to Governor Pinchot’s organization. The markings on his trunk and some scanned photographs show that he was stationed for a time at Bear Lake/Thornhurst which was state forest land in Lackawanna County. He also spent time in Mount Union in Mifflin County at Camp Rupert Snow, East Licking Creek, and Bear Lake.

Previous owner Frank C. Constant

Related institution Civilian Conservation Corps

Related person Gifford Pinchot (1865 - 1946)

Related institution National Rifle Association

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