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Cane with polished crook handle and short steel tip; extendable map of the city of Boston housed in shaft.

This cane with pull-out map is wood, metal, coated fabric, plastic. Its dimensions are: L x W x D (map partially extended, as pictured): 87.7 x 12.8 x 2.5 cm (34 1/2 x 5 1/16 x 1 in.).

This cane with pull-out map is from United States and dated 1940.

Gift of John B. Scholz in memory of Walter Scholz. This object came to our collection as a Gift, in 1987.

This object has been included in the following exhibitions:

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