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Name
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Information
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H and M Trunks &
Suitcases
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"Made in California
A Home Product"
(Believed to be Herckert
& Meisel)
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Hadley & Farmers
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Trunk Makers, NY, NY,
est. 1850
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Haines, George
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Pittsburgh, est. 1904
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Hamilton, Alexander
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trunk-maker 348 N Front
Street
Shown in 1825
Philadelphia City Directory
(Special thanks to Matt
Ainslie for providing info on makers from Philadelphia)
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Hartmann Co.
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Still in business today.
Established in 1877. Now based in Tennessee.
Visit
their website
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Haskell Brothers
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Chicago, sole leather
trunks
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Hathaway, Thomas
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Broad Street, Boston
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Hawthorn & Sons
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Makers, Walnut Street,
Philadelphia
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Hazelton, Isaiah
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trunk m’r, George Street
above 11th Street (listed as such but in Bank Street in 1823 dir.)
Shown in 1825
Philadelphia City Directory
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Headley & Farmer
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Had a store or shop
on Astor Place in New York City
Often uses brass tags on
top of their trunks. Made cabin trunks and other styles
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Herckert & Meisel
Trunk Co.
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910 Washington Avenue,
St. Louis, also in California
May 20, 1929
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Hercules Trunks
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Made by Standard Fiber
Co in the early 1900s
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Hibbard, W. R. &
Co.
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Manufacturers of Ladies
Satchels, and Dealers in Leather Bags
and First Class Travelling
Requisites
345 and 346 Notre Dame Street,
Montreal
Thanks to Shelley for reminding
us to add old man Hibbard to the list
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Hickman
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Plain label with this
name - maker or reseller? No idea
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Hill, James R.
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153 Main Street, Concord,
NH
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Hirschfelder and
Meaney
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36 Battery Street, San
Francisco
"Guaranteed Unbreakable"
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Hodge, Levi W.
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Nashua, NH
"Saddles, Trunks, Harnesses
Made and Repaired"
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Hovey, A J
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"Hats, Robes, &
Trunks"
Lyons, NY
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Hoyes, George S.
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44 and 46 Union Square
East, New York City
Thanks to David Byers up
in Ontario for sending this one in
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Hughes, JR &
Co.
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Showroom at 40 N. High
Street, Columbus, OH
Patented 1897 Brass
oval nameplate, jar holders in trunk
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Hugo, Jacobi
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Dresden, Germany
Arrowhead-shaped handles
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Huldbert Brothers
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Trunks & Bags
Repairing a Specialty
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Hutchinson & Hawes
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Harness makers, Merrimack
Street, Lowell, Mass. Have no idea of the date, but paperwork inside 9scraps
of old receipts, etc.) are dated anywhere from 1832 to late 1800s.
Kay Soldier, Historian/Curator,
Windham, Maine Historical Society (Thanks, Kay!)
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Independent Trunk &
Bag Co
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Makes of the "Dependo"
trunk - wardrobe style
Petersburg, VA - perhaps
related to Seward in the same town
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Indestructo Trunk
Co.
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Patent dates 1922-1925
Mishawaka, IN (National
Veneer Products Co)
Most of their trunks were
numbered,
but nobody can find the
registration list
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Innovation Trunk Co.
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Wardrobe style trunks
from the early 1900s, with 'bulges' on top and side
to avoid stacking.
Logo - INNOVATION
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Inshured
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Wardrobe-style trunk
(thanks to Tim Raglin for this one)
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Jackaberry Trunk Co.
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Cleveland, OH
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James - Dunn Box
Co.
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Newark, NJ
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Johns, R.H.
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Galveston, TX trunk
factory
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Karri-Keen Co.
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Sioux City, IA
Made crates, boxes, trunks,
cases under many contracts
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Kaufman &
Strauss
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75th and Duane St, New
York
Made many dome tops with
pinwheel-pattern metal
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Kelley, Robert
Kelley, Thomas
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trunkma’r 57 S Front
Street
shoe & trunk sto[re],
70 High Street.
Both shown in 1825
Philadelphia City Directory
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Kellogg &
Clark, Makers
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13 Court Street, Boston
Established 1836, Makers
of fine cases, trunks, and militaria
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Kleler's Trunk
& Bag Co.
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Wardrobe trunks, Pennsylvania
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Kneessi
K. Kneessi's Sons
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Kaspar Kneessi and his
sons made trunks, luggage, saddles, etc - anything in leather from
the 1860s up til the late 1920's. From the 1900s on, they did retail other
vendors products as well but they always made their own stuff. Based in
Wash., DC
Contact the grandson
of the founder by e-mail
Additional information available
here
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Knobel Bothers
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Superbilt Trunks (wardrobes)
made from vulcanized fibre
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Krupp, JF
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Peoria, IL
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Kuntzendorf, C.
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Chicago
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Lang, DC &
JH
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WHOLESALE MANUFACTURERS
OF
TRUNKS, TRAVELING BAGS,
ETC.
519 Main Street, FOND DU
LAC, WIS.
Thanks to Mike Gerstbauer
for sending this one in
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Lange, Ernst
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German trunks with ash
runners
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Langmuir
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A prolific trunk maker
with some operations in NJ but based in Canada.
See one of Frank Langmuir's
patents here
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Lansing Wheelbarrow
Co
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Slight dome trunks
Mr. Sparrow, President,
A.C. Stebbins, Secretary and Gen. Mgr.
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Laub Brothers
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Baggage Makers, Louisville,
KY, wardrobe trunks
1867 on handle
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Leatheroid Manufacturing
Co
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Locations in Philadelphia,
New York City, and Kennebunk, Maine
Patents begin in 1892
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Libbey, Isaac
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Rochester, New Hampshire
"Near the fairgrounds"
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Likly, Henry
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Rochester, NY, est.
1844. Most early trunks were black on the outside
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Likly, McDonald &
Rockett
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Trunk Manufacturers,
122, 124 & 126 Superior St., Cleveland, Ohio
Still in business:
Likly-Rockett Luggage Co.
Phone Number :
(419) 522-5312
39 N Mulberry St
Mansfield,
OH 44902
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Lorenz, William
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Label says "Maker" and
not much else
Minneapolis
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Lowell Trunk Co.
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Lowell, MA "Established
1881, P. F. Devine, Prop."
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Los Angeles Trunk Co.
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"Union Made"
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Luce Trunk Co
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The "Stateroom" model,
with many numbers stamped on it
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Lutz & Co.
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"Trunks Made with Stacking
Trays"
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MacKenny, G. E.,
Manufacturer
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Chattanooga, TN
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Mahlman, Charles
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"Trunks, Satchels, &
Traveling Bags"
32 Pike Street, Covington,
KY
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Mahlon, Philip
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trunk maker, 86 Plum
Street Shown in 1825
Philadelphia City Directory
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Maidrite Trunk
Co
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Wardrobe trunks, some
with production ID numbers
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Maier, Martin
& Co
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55 Monroe Ave, Detroit
Established 1865
Later moved to 102 Woodward
Avenue
"Full Line of Sample Trunks"
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Malm, C.A.,
& Co.
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Established in 1900,
San Francisco
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March, Nathaniel
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"Producing Trunks, saddles,
parade gear, hats, and harnesses of all types, since 1809 in downtown Portsmouth,
New Hampshire"
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Marhoff, H.H.
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Omaha, NE, 1880s.
Thanks to John Oudyn for this link:
Marhoff
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Marshall Field
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This retailer may have
produced their own trunks, but it is widely believed that they contracted
them out. Some Marshall Field trunks are fitted with tags from Hartmann,
OshKosh, Langmuir, and others.
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Martins, A. G.
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A store in Para, Brasil,
where trunks made in the USA were sold (A Mala Americana!).
Thanks to Barb Ballard for
this discovery!
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Maud, William
H.
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Established 1850, Salem,
Massachusetts
"Hide-covered trunks of
the highest quality and craftmanship"
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McBrine, L. Co,
Ltd.
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Kitchner, Canada
Lock is stamped "EA Mahon,
Montreal"
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McCabe-Bierman Wagon
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This company became
McCabe Powers Carriage/Body Company.
Full history available here:
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McCarthy, G.W
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"Trunk & Bag Manufacturer,
Latest Novelties, Repairing Neatly Done"
313-315 Fulton Street, Brooklyn,
NY
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McDonald
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No. 44 School Street,
Boston MA (mid 1800s)
Thanks, Scott!
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McGee, John
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"Manufacturer of Trunks,
Ladies Satchells, etc."
108 No. Howard Street, Baltimore
Was either bought by Franklin
Williams or vice-versa -
the two companies used the
same address.
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McLeod
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Montreal - made trunks
under several different names, including McLeod-Hawthorne and McLeod-Shotton,
and finally just plain old McLeod.
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McLean, Daniel
& Son
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Nova Scotia
"Makers of all types of
leather goods"
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McNamara, J.H.
Trunk Co.
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Chicago
Metal tag on lid, paper label inside
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McReeney &
Co.
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34th Street and 5th
Avenue
Retailer of wardrobe trunks
- we don't believe they actually made their own trunks
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Meek, A. E.
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"Located in the center
of Denver"
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Meisel
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St Louis, made wardrobe
trunks in the 1920s and 30s
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Mendel Trunx
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Mendel made trunks with
several partners, including Mendel-Drucker, Hartmann, and others.
Famous for his wardrobe 'Trunx'
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Meyering Trunk
Co.
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Chicago - may have made
trunks for Sears
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Minson, F.B.
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Yorktown, VA "FB Minson,
Maker"
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Miller, R. L.
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Trunk Factory - Saginaw,
Michigan (always had many compartments
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Molloy, George
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Manufacturer and Seller
of Trunk of All Types
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Monitor Auto Trunk
Co
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New York (picture of
the ship Monitor on label)
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Monson, John
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Fargo, ND
Sent in by helpful website
visitor Marie B. Thanks!
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Moore, J. Co
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Worcester, MA
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Morrison, L.E.
and Co.
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Beehive Trunk Co (brass
tag)
Thanks very much to A. Klinker
for finding this info:
It was L. E. Morrison's conviction
that citizens of every town, like Indianapolis, needed protection from
the elements. To encourage this, Morrison sold them with rain coats, rubber
boots and shoes. In 1877 he purchased his stock of merchandise in Boston,
where he had received his training and experience at the American Rubber
Company, and founded his own rubber company in Indianapolis at age 23.
Morrison first established his business on the edge of the shopping district
at the Bates House, on the corner of Illinois and Washington Street--known
today as Claypool Courts. His rent was $60.00 a month. He could have rented
a space where the L.S. Ayres store was eventually built for $100.00 a month,
however, he thought he would save some money at Bates House. He soon discovered
he needed to be closer to the center of town. In 1897 he moved to 36 West
Washington Street. He was there for 27 years until he moved to 27 West
Washington street. In 1925 he opened a branch on 18 North Pennsylvania
Street. In 1890 he began to add leather goods to his shop--it
soon became the shop's specialty. At the turn of the century he perceived
a change occurring in buying patterns. Customers were beginning to demand
more luxury items then practical items. For instance, travel became more
common. Consequently, the need for luggage and trunks increased. To accommodate
this need Morrison stocked his store with an assortment of leather goods,
luggage, and trunks. Sometime in the 1920s he discontinued his line of
rubber items. Future generations carried on the business, which in1955
was still going strong. |
Moyle's Trunks
&
Travelling Bags
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Savanah, GA
(I don't even want to know
what a Moyle kept in a trunk)
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Multnomah Co
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"Man-Proof" wardrobe
trunks, Portland, OR
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Murphy's Trunks,
Cases, & Bags
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"The Best Baggage Built"
Always Guaranteed, St Louis
A little more information
is available here
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Musgat, John
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Trunks, Satchels, and
Harnesses
Fon Du Lac, WI years of
operation 1860 - 1889
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Nash
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The label inside the
lid says: “From Nash’s Trunk Factory, Trunks, Suit Cases and Bags,
All Prices. 419 Jackson St. Sioux City, IA”
Thanks to Katrin Deeg for
sending this one in.
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National Veneer
Products Co
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Mishawaka, IN
Makers of Indestructo Trunks from 1903 to 1925
Most of their trunks were
numbered,
but nobody can find the
registration list
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National Trunk &
Bag Co.
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Newark NJ. Label
also states "NONBREAKABLE". Appears to be 1920's - 30's era, black
metal exterior with leather cross-straps and brass corners. Sent
in by Steve Johnson. Thanks very much, Steve.
See also Nonbreakable Trunk
Co below
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Neat, Nathan
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Washington Street, Boston
Established 1825, disappeared
about 1885.
Many of their trunks were
black or red.
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Neverbreak Trunk
Co
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One of many name brands
made and sold by Goldsmith
Newark, NJ
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New England Trunk
Co
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Makers of MaidRite trunks
in the 1920s and 1930s
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Nonbreakable Trunk Co.
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"My grandfather started
a trunk and luggage manufacturing business Nonbreakable Trunks and Luggage
after coming from Russia after the turn of the century. It existed
in Manhattan and then in the Bronx until the 70's" Eileen Lichtenthal
Thanks very much for this
information, Eileen
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Nonrinkle Trunk Mfg
Co.
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(Sent in by Georgia
Rodriguez, one of our favorite customers)
Colorado City, CO
Looks like a wall trunk
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Oklahoma Trunk
Mfg Co
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Tulsa, OK
from the 1920s we believe
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Omaha Trunk Factory
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Omaha, Nebraska
Hinges were horseshoe shaped, tin plate on lid
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Orenstein Trunk
Co
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Deluxe BestBilt Model
Newark, NJ
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OshKosh Trunk
Co
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Huge manufacturer of
trunks and suitcases in the early and mid 1900s. Had a product
line of over 2,000 items. Went out of business for good in 1974
Read more here
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Overing, John
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trunk maker, corner
of N. Juniper Street and Lambert Street
Shown in 1825
Philadelphia City Directory
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Overland Trunk
Co
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Maker of wardrobe trunks
in New York City 1920s
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