Dome Steamer Trunk
This is a beautiful old trunk Made by FJ Palica Racine Wis. Very rare. I have only seen one other one on line. Has a beautiful picture of a lady on the inside of the lid. Hinges are strong and work great. This trunk was made in the late 1800s
One of the metal ornaments and I leather handle is missing and the storage insert need to be repaired on the left side. You can see this in the photos.
I am including all that I found in the trunk.
2 Springfield Republican news papers. One from April 3rd 1926 and one from April13, 1926.
Kansas City Star from September 28, 1938. Front page has article about Hitler.
Instruction card for a meat chopper pat. October 12, 1897.
The Story of the Gospel Book. Cover is missing.
Some Trunk History
The Heyday of trunks was from about 1870 to 1920. There were hundreds of trunk manufactures, if not thousands at any given time in the United States. This time period is called the Victorian era. Architecture design grew from simple to ornate and beautiful as did trunks and most Victorian era products.
The eastern United States grew and the wheel has been long perfected by. Horse drawn wagons allowed for supplies and people to be moved with relative ease. As people have the ability to travel they need to take things with them and the US trunk manufacturing industry is born. These trunks of this time period (prior to 1870) were small, sometimes covered with animal hide and iron banding. There was not a lot of room for large trunks on stagecoaches and most people still did not travel more than 30 miles from their home.
By 1870 railroads crossed the entire United States from east to west and rapid transportation was now available. The Civil War had been over for five years and the south was rebuilding. Trunk manufacturing is growing just as fast as railroads. People are moving comfortably and rapidly in Pullman passenger cars down the rails faster than ever imagined. People now had the ability to travel in style and to take a large amounts of possessions with them.
Shipping price is for the 48 contiguous states.
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