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Galvanized steel tool box with hinged dome lid. Manufactured by John R. Brazelton of Trenton, Missouri. Used for storing spare clothing and tools by Lester Raynesford, an engineer with the Union Pacific Railroad from 1903 to 1945. Raynesford originally lived in Ellis, Kansas, moving to Salina in 1917. At one point in his career he made the UP's "Salt Run," hauling salt from the mines at Kanopolis.
Date: between 1903 and 1945
Item Number: 221029
Call Number: 1987.140.0
KSHS Identifier: 1987.140.0
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Union Pacific
Business and Industry - Railroad - Construction and maintenance
Business and Industry - Railroad - Employees - Engineers
Collections - Museum
Date - 1900s
Date - 1910s
Date - 1920s
Date - 1930s
Date - 1940s
Objects and Artifacts - Unclassifiable Artifacts - Multiple Use Artifacts - Box, Tool
Places - Counties - Ellsworth
Type of Material - Objects and Artifacts
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