Chair
Object
1995.1.122
Wooden homade Chair
Chair made from inverted corned beef ? crate for seat; rear legs 1 x 3 1/2 inch lumber, and front legs lumber cut at 45 degree angle extending across the crate and tapering to form stile. Chair back is three explosive crate slats nailed horizontally behind stile.
MARKS/LABELS: Crate (under seat) 'Taylor Drury Ltd. White Horse Y.T.' (at rear/front) 'Compania Swift de la Plata 48 co. C. Beef 1s Argentine Plate Brand'. (Slats on chairback) 'High Explosives Dangerous!... DuPont! (stencilled) 'Treadwell Yukon Company Ltd. White Horse Yukon Ter.'
MARKS/LABELS: Crate (under seat) 'Taylor Drury Ltd. White Horse Y.T.' (at rear/front) 'Compania Swift de la Plata 48 co. C. Beef 1s Argentine Plate Brand'. (Slats on chairback) 'High Explosives Dangerous!... DuPont! (stencilled) 'Treadwell Yukon Company Ltd. White Horse Yukon Ter.'
Artifacts removed from Wareham Lake prior to flooding due to Mayo dam. Rerpurposed packing boxes.Wooden boxes where often reused ,Being in remote areas,people would make items they needed Some people would be resouresfull reusing what they could or simply make things from scratch.