$990.00 cheaper than the new price!!
Management number | 3612565 | Release Date | 2025/08/12 | List Price | $660.00 | Model Number | 3612565 | ||
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What a rare find! Beautiful collectors piece!
This is an infant carrier - used by medical facilities and midwives - to transport newborns.
Produced by Wilkins Trunk Company of Dallas, (brass name plate) likely from the early to mid-20th century.
It’s a metal and wood latch box with sliding viewing window, mesh screen on one end (very similar to today’s pet carriers), brass rivets and latches.
While showing a bit of wear, I believe it is nearly identical to the one in the black and white photo in this listing.
Inside are some (moth nibbled) baby shirts and a “mattress” pad, all stamped “Arkansas Department Of Health”.
A second brass plate atop the carrier reads property of the same.
It is a very sturdy piece with working latches and is fully functional.
Acquired by me through the sale of an estate in which the closure of a small New Mexico doll museum was a part.
Final sale - as is.
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