Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- Green canvas backpack with two green straps with metal buckles and a metal back support. This was used by the donor, Earl Shaffer, during his hike of the Appalachian Trail in 1948. This was the first of three times Shaffer was said to have walked the entire length of the 2,180 miles of the Trail. He hiked thru again in 1965 and 1998. The Appalachian Trail is one of the longest continuously marked footpaths in the world traveling through fourteen states along the Appalachian mountain range from Springer Mountain, Georgia, to the Trail’s northern end in Katahdin, Maine. The trail—completed in 1937 thanks to the cooperation of government agencies, private partners, and volunteers—continues to be sustained by public-private partnerships.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- user
- Shaffer, Earl V.
- Date made
- 1948
- Credit Line
- Earl V. Shaffer
- Physical Description
- fabric, canvas (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 20.5 cm x 46 cm x 54.5 cm; 8 1/16 in x 18 1/8 in x 21 7/16 in
- Object Name
- backpack, hiking
