Keywords: Valises
Item 80674
John Edward Barry suitcase, ca. 1925
Contributed by: Mexico Historical Society Date: circa 1925 Location: Rangeley Media: Photographic print
Item 13986
Note concerning valise shipment cross-country, 1873
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1873 Location: Halifax; San Francisco Media: Ink on paper
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These stories -- that stretch from 1999 back to 1759 -- take you from an amusement park to the halls of Congress. There are inventors, artists, showmen, a railway agent, a man whose civic endeavors helped shape Portland, a man devoted to the pursuit of peace and one known for his military exploits, Maine's first novelist, a woman who recorded everyday life in detail, and an Indian who survived a British attack.
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Alonzo E. Raynes, Bangor, 1849
"his rifile was encased to the lock his valise I carried to the exchange for he took his Guitar which was a valuable article to him for many years as…"
