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Box

Object number2020.21.31

Made by Caroline L. Craig

Date1972

MediumWood; Metal; Stain/Varnish; Paint

Credit LineGift of The Twentieth Century Club

DescriptionHand-painted brown wooden suggestion box. Rectangular box has rounded front two corners and is stained/varnished in a dark brown tone. Base trim and top trim extend past body of box. Hinged clamshell lid is three-quarters of the top of the box; top of lid has painted yellow text with classical decorative motifs arched over yellow and green floral wreath surrounding yellow club initials. Sides of box have hand-painted yellow and green curvilinear leaf/stem forms. DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth: 3.313 x 9.875 x 7.938 in. (8.4 x 25.1 x 20.2 cm)
InscriptionsTop of lid has hand-painted yellow text "SUGGESTIONS / T / CC".
MarksInterior of lid has hand-painted yellow text in the rear proper left corner "CAROLINE L. CRAIG 1972".
Historical NotesSuggestion box from the Twentieth Century Club. The Twentieth Century Club was founded in 1894 with the aim to “create an organization for women’s work, though and activity, advancing her interested, promoting art, science and literature.” Women’s clubs were part of a greater social movement in the late 1800s that grew out of the idea that women had a moral duty and responsibility to transform society and public policy. This was a progressive era movement with links to suffrage and temperance, although not all members of women’s clubs adhered to either movement. The Pittsburgh club first met at the Thompson mansion at 408 Penn Avenue. They sponsored lectures and classes on language, literature, travel, history and science and were a member of the State Federation of Women’s Clubs. In 1910, they opened a club at their present location in Oakland, and in 1930 the clubhouse was redesigned by Benno Janssen. Many of these clubs saw a decline in the 1960s.

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