Information or research assistance regarding trunks is frequently requested from the Smithsonian Institution. The following information has been prepared to assist those interested in this topic.

Antiques Magazine

Vol. 3 (May l923), Cover (Zechariah Hicks label), l8thc.

Vol. 8 (Dec. 1925), p. 340 (Curtis & Coolidge label), c.l830

Vol. 36 (July l939), pp. 24-25 (AOld Sea Chests@)

Vol. 42 (August l942), p. 97 (Walker label) only

Vol. 64 (November l953), p. 373 (from mission), c.l800-20

Vol. 73 (January l958), pp. 72-73 (ATwo Seventeenth-Century Trunks@)

Gordon, Sarah. AThe Railroad Passenger=s Dilemma: Organizing Luggage.@ The Herald (Magazine of Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village), Vol. ll, Number l, l982.

Hayward, J. F. AMetalwork.@ Concise Encyclopedia of Antiques. London: Connoisseur, l955. Vol. II, pp. 69-8l, and plates.

Hughes, Therle. AChest Furniture.@ Concise Encyclopedia of Antiques. London: Connoisseur, l957. Vol. III, pp. 17l-l90 and plates.

Jailer, Mildred. ATreasured Trunks.@ Hobbies. v. 88, Jan. 1984, p. 26-9.

The Museum of Leathercraft, London. A Picture Book of Leather. London: The Museum of Leathercraft, l959.

Noonan, Tim. AHistory under the Sea.@ American History Illustrated. v. 27, July/Aug. 1992, p. 58-62.

Murphy, Cullen. ALuggage through the Ages.@ Atlantic. v. 257, June 1986, p. 70-1.

Ormsbee, Thomas H. Know Your Heirlooms. New York, l956. 129 illus. small trunk covered with wallpaper.

Russell, J. Almus. ATrunks of Yesterday.@ The Antiques Journal, Vol. 2l, No. 6 (June l966), pp. 17-19.

Smith, Louvinia T. AOld Trunks.@ Antiques & Collecting Magazine. v. 102, Nov. 1997, p. 28-30.

Prepared by the Division of Home and Community Life,
Costume Collections, in cooperation with
the Public Inquiry Mail Service,
Smithsonian Institution

PIMS/COS14
Revised 8/00

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