Bag, Travel
Description
A top opening brown leather Gladstone bag. The sides of the rectangular bag fold down and join at the centre. There are metal bars with hinges at the ends which slot into each other. One metal bar has a lock in the centre, the other has a leather handle on it. One leather strap and buckle at each end fit through loops on the hinged parts of the metal bars.
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Edward
Metcalf
"Ironsand”
Smith
lived
an
active
life.
A
gunsmith,
entrepreneur
and
politician,
Smith
was
best
known
for
his
tireless
efforts
to
build
a
sustainable
ironsand
smelting
industry
in
New
Plymouth.
In
the
mid
1870s
he
established
a
smelter
at
Te
Henui,
but
the
venture
was
never
commercially
viable.
It
closed
in
1881.
He
entered
politics
during
the
1880s
and
was
finally
elected
as
MHR
for
Taranaki
in
1890.
He
used
this
Gladstone
bag
while
on
parliamentary
duties
and
its
battered
condition
suggests
he
covered
plenty
of
miles
during
that
time.
The
energetic
Smith
held
the
seat,
except
during
the
1896-1899
term,
until
he
died
in
a
railway
accident
in
1907.
Accession number
TM1997.225
Collection type
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