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Woodworker's tool chest: shipping boxes

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  • These items were found in a tool chest belonging to woodworker Jesse Bryson Stalcup. The R. J. Reynolds box was originally used for shipping tobacco includes the following printed inscription "R. J. Reynolds' Double Thick 8 Oz." Jesse Bryson Stalcup was likely using it and the Kraft box to store small items within his tool chest. The Kraft box has the following printed inscription starting from on the left side, "2 Lbs Net" "Kraft American" "Pasteurized Process Cheese" "Kraft Cheese Company" "Manufactured Chicago Ill." Stalcup was a skilled carpenter, millwright, and woodworker who worked in and around Waynesville, N.C., Macon County, N.C., and Hiawassee, Ga., circa 1880s-1930. The chest contains a variety of woodworking tools typically used by craftsmen in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.