St. Olaf College 3D object collection ➔ Laundry mailing box
Luggage
Usage: 1950s Single
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items
Metal mailing box with black straps. The box features a base and a removable lid. A compartment on the top holds a piece of paper that partially shows a mailing address.
Metal mailing box with black straps. The box features a base and a removable lid. A compartment on the top holds a piece of paper that partially shows a mailing address.
Archives Work Area ➔ 270 D
277A
277A
This mailing box was used by Lanny Helgen Peterson, a 1957 graduate of Saint Olaf College.
"This is a laundry box, used by college students in the 1950s to send dirty laundry home to Mom. Mom would return the clean laundry, and sometimes add a tin of home-baked cookies." -Handwritten note found inside box
Peterson, Lanny Helgen (donor)
mailboxes
boxes (containers)
boxes (containers)
North and Central America > United States of America > Minnesota > Rice County > Northfield > St. Olaf College