Cardboard suitcase with metal reinforced corners and edges. Missing side on bottom piece and lacking handle. Forms part of the Stevens-Cogdell/Sanders-Venning Collection. Given by the family with Bible inside [*Am 1873 Bible 17281.Q (SCSVC)]. Has labels for CC Hinkson, 329 N. 40th St. Phila. [ie Cordelia Chew Hinkson (1897-1983)]; Miss Bunny Hinkson [ie Mary Hinkson Jackson (1928-2014)] address obscured by Bekins sticker. [Cornelia was Mary’s mother]. Also has several Railway Express labels. Inside the top case, metal snap is labeled “United Carr.”, Gift of descendants Cordelia H. Brown, Lillie V. Dickerson, Mary Hinkson Jackson, and Georgine E. Willis in honor of Phil Lapsansky, 2016.
Cardboard suitcase with metal rivets with cloth straps that have metal reinforced ends. Has label of Dehaven Hinkson, 29 N. 40th Street, Phila, 4, Penna. and Mrs. Mary D. H. Jackson, 146 West 23rd Street, New York 11 New York stamped 1961 [ie Dr. Dehaven Hinkson (1891-1975); Mary Hinkson Jackson (1928-2014) DeHaven was Mary’s father].Also has Bekins sticker. Forms part of the Stevens-Cogdell/Sanders-Venning Collection., Gift of descendants Cordelia H. Brown, Lillie V. Dickerson, Mary Hinkson Jackson, and Georgine E. Willis in honor of Phil Lapsansky, 2016.
