I've got one that looks a lot like those cept it's beige. came from my husbands mother so I was thinking ours was from say the 50's or 60's. It has all of her wedding mementos and old photos in it
Melody
The Great North Woods in the Land of Hiawatha
USA
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Posted - Sep 20 2010 : 06:16:58 AM
Too bad the leather handles are gone!---I would venture to guess late 30's to mid 40's. Nice monogram!
I have quite a collection of small to mid-size suitcases that I stack and use as end tables and storage cases for my antique linens and paper ephemera. A few years ago I gave my good friend Kathy a re-vamped train case full of my handcrafted products complete with a customized baggage address label-Vintage suitcases are so much fun to play with!
My guess would be 50s . . kind of predecessor to the ones I received in the mid-60s as a high school graduation gift from my parents (still have the big one) CJ
..from the barefoot farmgirl in SW Colorado...sister chick #665
These look like one my Dad had. He's now 84 so I'm agreeing with the '40-50's. He probably would have gotten it right before he went to college, that would have been in the mid to late 40's. They are nice looking suitcases. I have a friend who has a stack of 3 graduating sizes that she uses as an end table in her living room. Love the look.
I looked up the addresses on Google Earth, the from address (E. Heath) is now a cute little store called Art World in Forrest Hills NY & the to address (Ethel Wittaker) is near by and is now a restaurant called the Mad Greek
I'm thinking I might list these on my etsy, and maybe email the cute little store, from the photos of the store, these suitcases look like something they might want.
How old do you think these suitcases are?
Posted - Sep 20 2010 : 01:01:03 AM
