Posted 7 years ago
Shazmac1
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Looking for help to how I go about finding the history of this trunk. I know that it's from the H.F. Corning & co with Eagle locks also both from conneticut but want to know how to find who the luggage identification tag no belongs to and actually date it I know it's between 1874 and 1910 thanks
H. F. CORNING & CO., Manufacturers of All Kinds of
Harness ; Sole Agents for Fennell's Kentucky Horse Boots'; No. 83 Asylum
Street. — Economy is a virtue that is too apt to be practiced in the breach
rather than in the observance, the average buyer of goods of whatever descrip-
tion seeming to be possessed of the idea that in buying cheaply he is being
economical. Nothing could be further from the truth in most cases, since nine
times out of ten the cheapest goods are the poorest goods. Striking.examples
of this fact are to be found in harness, for, while good harness may at times be
cheap, cheap harness is never good. This seeming paradox is capable of ready
explanation. Good harness is cheap when it is sold at reasonable prices, while
no matter how cheap poor goods may be they are dear at any price. One of
the oldest and largest harness firms in Hartford, dealing ou both a wholesale
and retail scale, has made the high reputation it sustains through selling only
first-class goods at moderate prices. We refer to Messrs. H. F. Corning & Co.,
of No. 83 Asylum Street, manufacturers of, and wholesale and retail dealers in,
all kinds of harness. The present firm was organized in 1869, and succeeded
to the business established by Mr. Ralph Goodwin in 1S12, aud is therefore
entitled to the distinction of being the oldest house in its line in the city. They
have a large and convenient store, occupying two floors, each 30x110 feet in
dimensions, and carry an immense high-grade stock of horse goods of every
description, their average force of employees numbering eight. They have a
large trade in the New England States generally, and a particularly prosperous
local business. Their harness is all hand-made from pure oak leather, and
every other article in their stock is of equally high quality. Messrs. Corning
& Co. are sole agents for Fennell's celebrated Kentucky horse boots, and handle
the equally celebrated Burlington blanket, which is claimed to be the only
"stay-on" blanket in the market.
The above article appears in a Hartford Conn. history site.
a Further complete Company history appears in: Luggage and Leather goods volume 30 pages 30,31 July 1912 issue.
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Hope this helps much luck with the early 1900s piece.
Thanks so much for this! We were lucky enough to also purchase it's smaller sibling the next day- So excited
Your welcome thanks for the post and posting a label that I had not seen.
Hi, I've studied trunks and trunk hardware for many years and wanted to let you know that the two latches on the front are a style and design that was used from about 1898 to 1920. Some of the hardware appears to have been brass plated, which also dates it to the late 1890's and later. Most likely the trunk was made after 1900 and these were made into the early 1920's based on several old trunk catalogs I've collected. I hope that helps some. Marvin ThisOldTrunk.com
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Here is the patent for the two front lid guides.