52 THINGS: Tour of the circa1940s Steamer Trunk

This is where I'll start storing all my ancestor story journals, heirlooms and ephemera.
DearMYRTLE is making custom journals to share personal and family history anecdotes and documents in an intriguing manner, to share with her children and grandchildren.
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[@geraldstone8396]

Awesome video. Best suitcase ever.

[@user-yo8ls9ms2s]

Thanks for sharing video.
I would like to have one!
It is a fuss to rearrange things from a suitcase to hotel room and back in,
What is the weight?

[@felipemontes3933]

Awesome, like Mc Donald's, I'm loving it 😃

[@kaydee216]

Very cool. Even if you can't go traveling It's great for storage.

[@MyrtsJournal]

That's my plan. The trunk is a place to store all these smaller ancestral heirlooms.

[@patsyinstitches5941]

This is neat!

[@Zurtle1]

Very nice video! You and your husband are a cute couple!
Ps Nice sidearm

[@user-yz3jw5cs1j]

Can I ask what you used to clean it? Inside and out?

[@derrickdaringer2239]

Your secret compartment in the bottom drawer looks like it also held an iron at one time.

[@felipemontes3933]

Love it, where and how much 😱

[@deborahdanhauer8525]

You’ll probably be finding compartments and new things it does for a year🐝🤗❤️

[@JenniferShoer]

Thank you for sharing. Have you dated the trunk?

[@MyrtsJournal]

Not yet! We are thinking this is 19502-ish, because it is in such good condition.

[@bookmarksbowsprits1183]

Does anyone know what you hang on the hangers that have the curved up lower pieces?

[@derrickdaringer2239]

From what I have found, they are simply used to hold the other garments in place during transport.

[@bookmarksbowsprits1183]

@@derrickdaringer2239 I eventually found out that they are for hanging long dresses! The top of the dress is supported by the curved piece, and you flip the long skirt up and over the top to hang behind. When hung back in the trunk, the top of the dress is hsnging upside-down. Difficult to describe, but rather ingenious.

[@derrickdaringer2239]

I have also seen an advertisement that stated similar long hangers to be suit coat hangers. Most likely a similar method to hang them as well.

[@annhopkin5079]

Thank you for that explanation.I had to watch like 6 steamer.Trunk videos for someone to answer my question.Thank you so much​@@bookmarksbowsprits1183