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A steamer trunk dating from the late 1890s to early 1900s. Steamer trunks (named after their location of storage in the cabin of a steam ship, or "steamer") which are sometimes referred to as flat-tops, first appeared in the late 1870s, although the greater bulk of them date from the 1880–1920 period. They are distinguished by either their ...
Seward Trunk and Bag was founded in 1878 by Simon Seward. He died in 1912 and his sons took over the business until it was sold to Mercury Luggage. [1] In 1967, Seward was purchased by the Dayco Corporation, the former Dayton Rubber Company, of Dayton, Ohio. In 1970, Seward manufactured the trunks that carried the NASA's moon rocks across the ...
Original Mount Washington c. 1920. The history of the MS Mount Washington dates back to 1872 when the original paddle steamer Mount Washington was launched from Alton Bay.The Mount was the largest of all the steamers on the lake at 187 feet (57 m) in length, with a beam of 49 feet (15 m).
A trunk deck ship is a type of merchant ship with a hull that was stepped inward in order to obtain more favourable treatment under canal toll rules then in effect. As those tolls were set by net tonnage , a measure of volume, and as the tonnage rules did not account for all of the cargo space of such vessels, trunk deck ships incurred lower ...
The Belber Trunk and Bag Company continued its expansion by acquiring the Schmit Bros. Trunk Company (which included the Eagle Trunk Company) in 1926 [3] and the trunkmakers Innovation and Neverbreak in the 1930s. In 1930, Belber moved its headquarters to Woodbury, New Jersey, into a building that used to house the Blasius piano factory.
Martin Mathias Secor (February 4, 1841 – January 5, 1911) was a Bohemian American immigrant and businessman. He was the founder and proprietor of the Northwestern Trunk and Traveling Bag Manufactory and the M. M. Secor Trunk Company, and was the 28th and 31st mayor of Racine, Wisconsin.