This painting has a beautiful swampy bogg sunset or sunrise setting. It appears to be a magical one where in different lighting it looks different. The lighting changes the setting.

Born in Milton, IA on Sept. 20, 1860. In the 1880s Adina wed physician Harvey W. Strader. The couple lived in Lincoln, NE before migrating to California in 1893. After settling in Sacramento, Mrs. Strader studied painting with Henrietta Fish and Jennie Huber. At the turn of the century she painted china and later excelled at landscapes and floral still lifes. She died in Sacramento on Oct. 21, 1951.

I do not have a picture of it with me. It is a baseball signed by 1972 Oakland A's.

i got i from my mother

This is an unusual item where as it really is two in one. The trunk itself is very old and in its original state. The key hole is still on the trunk however the guts to it are not. Each side of the trunk is an entire pice of wood. The trunk is all dovetailed. The inside cover is filled with 7 different original newspaper lithographs refering to the Crimean war and it's battles.  The top lithograph is two pages side by side, I do not detect a signature on this one. However two of the lithographs do have signatures of which I have included pictures of.

We have always called this a carpet bag chair, but really know little about it.  Would like to know the age and approximate value.