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Portable Writing Desk, Owned by Edgar Allan Poe, 1830-1849
1830/1849
The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States
Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer known for poetry and short stories. His mystery stories were innovative in American literature. Poe?s led and unsettled life traveling up and down the East Coast of the United States, staying in jobs for short periods of time. For someone who earned his living through writing, a portable desk would have been a valued possession.
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- Title: Portable Writing Desk, Owned by Edgar Allan Poe, 1830-1849
- Date Created: 1830/1849
- Location: United States, Massachusetts, Boston
- Subject Keywords: Writing desks, Portable desks, Desks, Furniture, Writing (Processes), Authors, Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849
- Type: Objects
- Contributor: The Henry Ford
- Original Source: http://collections.thehenryford.org/Collection.aspx?objectKey=216541
- Object Name: Writing desk
- Object ID: 35.825.1
- Image ID: THF91694
- Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
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