Imagine it's the early 20th Century and you're packing for summer vacation, maybe for a steamship cruise of the Great Lakes or a 72 day tour of Europe. What did your luggage look like?
Did you pack your clothes in a trunk? What were your options?
Today we are familiar with slim, rolling luggage on wheels, but trunks and suitcases over a hundred years ago looked quite different.
Catalogue No. 101 (1907) by Herr, Thomas & Co. provides a peek into the past, specifically the year 1907.
Flipping through this trade catalog, we will learn about the types of luggage available in that time period. A few other items illustrated in this catalog might also have made a vacation fun and memorable.
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