Jewelry box with lock and keys

Identifier
irn564203
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2017.311.5 a-c
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

a: Height: 3.500 inches (8.89 cm) | Width: 10.250 inches (26.035 cm) | Depth: 6.625 inches (16.827 cm)

Archival History

The jewelry box was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by Glenn Meyers and Debbie Smith, the children of Ruth Engelhardt Spivack Meyers.

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Glenn Meyers and Debbie Smith

Scope and Content

Decorated wooden jewelry box owned by Ruth Spivack who during the war lived in Montmorency OSE home in France and then was sent on a September 1941 USCOM transport to the United States, where she lived with the Spivack family in Cleveland.

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Wood jewelry box with hinged lid. The box has metal ornamentation on the outside and a pink fabric lining as well as a mirror inside. There are also a lock and a set of 2 keys for the box. Dimensions are of the box closed. a: box b: lock c: keys

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.