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Object Name |
Box, Cartridge |
Catalog Number |
1978.016.00002 |
Description |
Non-regulation, post-war carbine box of black leather with single flap, no inner flap or implement pouch; brass finial; "VMI" box plate with "V.M.I. / A.L. Johnston" scratched into lead back; sides of box detached; horizontal belt loop and two brass studs on back. |
Dimensions |
H-3.5 W-6.25 D-1.75 inches |
Owned |
Andrew L. Johnston |
Made |
Unknown |
Provenance |
Cartridge box, believed owned by Andrew L. Johnston at the Virginia Military Institute. Andrew Langstaff Johnston from Richmond, Virginia, attended the Virginia Military Institute and was graduated in 1872. He worked as a civil and electrical engineer, and built the first electric street railway to operate successfully (in Richmond, Virginia). |
People |
Johnston, Andrew Langstaff |
Search Terms |
Virginia Military Institute VMI V.M.I. |
Subjects |
Cadets Military academies |