RD510 - 1900 Goldsmith & Son Wholesale Trunk Manufacturer

1900 Goldsmith & Son Wholesale Trunk Manufacturer, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
This catalog has 54 pages of trunks including pictures of the exterior and interior of each style. Each trunk is pictured and has a detailed description and sizes, including details about the hardware and locks, interior trays, hat holders, and compartments. The trunks shown include flat top, curved top, low style cabin and steamer trunks, cube size hat trunks, and bureau or dresser trunks (trunks that have drawers inside, sometimes used by theatrical groups). They even show a very rare style Bicycle Trunk! There are trunks covered with canvas, metal, and fibre. Some trunks are trimmed in brass, some are leather, iron, or fibre bound. Some are with heavy leather straps and some without. They have one trunk which looks nearly identical to a Taylor trunk, with the fancy heavy iron hardware. An interesting catalog which shows you many trunk styles that were popular in the late 1800's to early 1900's. Goldsmith was a very large company and sold most of their trunks through trunk and luggage retail store around the United States and Europe. You can learn a lot about trunk styles and construction from these old catalogs. Price: $21 includes postage in the U.S.