Diya Patel- Ditty Boxes and Bags history- Ditty boxes were very important and very useful.
Ditty box
These boxes helped carry things people needed to have with them at all times. These were boxes with little storage so not big things could get put in it it was only photos and letters.
Inside of Ditty Box
these boxes carry lots of things and didn't have very much storage in the boxes but it still carried lots of things that people thought were important
Diity Bags
These were very similar to ditty boxes but were bags so they could hold a little more things than the boxes could hold and the storage was good and easy to carry
Ditty bags
this was the drawing of the bags and what they looked like. these bags were very easy for people to walk around with and for them to have it wherever they go with them. These were easy to carry small things but useful things with them at all times
Inside the Boxes
This is the storage inside the box and what the box can hold. The box can hold a lot of things and inside there are compartments were they can hold lots of items. The things that would be put into these boxes were usually like small photos and lots of letters or mail they receive
Letter from Corporal W.C Davis
These letter were some of the many things sailors would save in their ditty bags or boxes. These letters were things they would write to lots of people and things. People would send them letters like their loved ones and they would save them in these bags and boxes.
W.P Mansbridge
This was also another example from one of the letters that have been wrote and kept in these small bags and boxes. These letters are some of the things lots of people use as memories.
More Letters
These letters were usually written by the sailors of the sailors relatives or even people that they had seen these were things they needed to keep on them or wanted to so it could remind them of their family.
Inside these boxes
These boxes helped sailors and after a while other people as well to keep photographs of their loved ones of of themselves. They sometimes needed these photos to show other people them and it reminded them of their families when they didnt have them with them.
Storage In the Boxes
The boxes storage varies there are lots of different storage spaces in the different boxes. These boxes dont hold very big things but very useful for the small and little things they need.
