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Burlington Station Money Box

Maker: unknown

Object Date: circa 1920

Full Collection: William and Beverly Karrer Collection

Object Type: Containers

Credit Line: OBJ-224-210. William and Beverly Karrer Collection. Willa Cather Foundation Collections & Archives at the National Willa Cather Center in Red Cloud, Nebraska.

Context:

Unknown manufacturer. Burlington station money box, circa 1920. Nelson "N.B." Bush, in his role as station master at the Red Cloud station for more than thirty years, kept this money box safe both at work and after-hours at his home. The box is painted in the classic Burlington colors, and Bush has scratched his initials in the top.