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Red leather wallet

Object | Accession Number: 2011.274.2
2011.274.2 front Red leather wallet Click to enlarge 2011.274.2 back Red leather wallet Click to enlarge
Language
German
Classification
Dress Accessories
Category
Carried dress accessories
Object Type
Wallets (lcsh)
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Valerie Gerstein

About This Object

Physical Description
Rectangular bi-fold wallet made of red leather. The exterior is embossed with a swan in a circle above "1862." The emblem appears in the uppleft left corner of the front of the wallet, closest to the fold. There is stiching in red thread 1/4" away from the edge of the wallet. The interior has two pockets which cover 2/3 of each half. The top pocket is embossed with "CARL SCHWANITZ GUMMIWERK/ BERLINE N.39./ MÜLLER-STRASSE 179B." The opposite pocket appears to have been made with a different type of leather. There is a pen loop of the same red leather as the bulk of the wallet, the loop is in inbetween the two pockets, on the fold.
Materials
overall : leather

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The wallet was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2011 by Valerie Gerstein.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
Restrictions on use. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum does not own copyright to this material. No information about the copyright was included on the Deed of Gift.
 
Record last modified: 2020-06-30 09:45:03
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Document

The Hanna Gutman papers comprise documents and photographs concerning Hanna Gutman, a Jewish secretary originally from Zagórze, Poland and a survivor of five concentration camps. This collection primarily documents her restitution claims and her life-long struggle with severe panic and anxiety as a result of her experiences in the Holocaust. Also included in this collection is a series of correspondence and photographs and papers collected by Gutman in the years immediately following the war and her subsequent arrival in the United States. Among these materials are her health identification card, certificates stating she was a political prisoner, police registration forms, and a progress report for the Naturalization Council in Kansas City, among others.

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