Trunk Makers and Their History

Trunk Makers and Their HistorySome Common Trunk Makers and Their HistoryAn Ongoing Effort - We Can Use Your HelpWe've been trying for ages to gather all of the information we can about some of the common trunk makers from days gone by. It arrives in fits and starts - We'll find a label in a trunk here, an advertisement in an old magazine there. if you have something to contribute, even a picture of a trunk label or something equally invigorating, and you're willing to share it, please feel free to give us a call. If you'd like to use this information somewhere else please request permission first. We won't bite. Much.There are a number of books that purport to be the definitive guide to trunks, but most seem to have just a bit of information on this and that. Someday we'll complete the book we've been working on since 1988, until then we've found a few that you might get a boot out of. Take a look at our section if you're interested.If you'd like to print this out, take the advice of Phil Meyerson, a professional hypno-therapist out in Southern California: Use legal paper and print using the landscape setting, that way everything seems to fit a little better, rather than those annoying extra sheets that have one little line.We recently added a new section ot the website that just flat lists the trunk makers that we're familiar with through our work here in the barn. So far we've only gotten part way through the alphabet. Come on by and take a look