Treasured Chests proudly presents

The Encyclopedia of Antique Trunks

THE Book for Antique Trunks

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Encyclopedia of Antique Trunks. 40 years of research, thousands of photos, diagrams, trunk makers' labels, lithographs, facts, addresses, dates, patents all on CD so it's affordable!

Friends, family, customers and visitors to our shows and Web site have suggested for years the need for a really good, definitive book about antique trunks. Actually two books have been suggested, one about the intriguing history of trunks and another book about how to restore them. This is our first attempt at documenting what we know about antique trunks. Sometime in the future we hope to put together a book about the proper methods of restoring them.

The encyclopedia represents nearly 40 years of research from thousands of sources. From our beginning in 1972 we have saved everything we could possibly find about antique trunks into a huge collection of materials. At first it was hard copy then into a database that if printed out in hard copy today would result in more than 12,000 pages. It's difficult to produce a paper book that size that would be affordable for most of us. A few years ago we started planning a book on disc and after much work we are able to finally offer it to the public. For the sake of clarity we shall call it henceforth our book.

The book is very easy to use, you just insert it into the CD/DVD drive of your Windows^Ž computer*. Nothing is loaded onto your computer; the program runs completely from the disc so there are no security worries. The program has its own browser and operates much as regular Web browsers most of us are used to. There are back and forward controls, a powerful search facility, printing capabilities and much more.

Included in the book are thousands of photos, diagrams, trunk makers' labels, lithographs, facts, addresses, dates, patents; we've even included things we hope you'll find as humorous and interesting. The section on trunk makers alone contains references to nearly 10,000 entities we have found associated with antique trunks. The information here contains names of makers, manufacturers, sellers etc. along with their addresses and corresponding years at that address. This information can help you determine the age of your trunk, especially if the trunk contains a maker's label. If you want to see if your family had anything to do with making antique trunks or selling them then many list proprietors, owners, presidents and such; some entities even have employee lists; All this information goes back as far as the 1700s, from all over the world. Many patents from the US and British patent databases are included, along with associated drawings. Trunks that belonged to celebrities like Isaac Hayes, Marilyn Monroe, Judy Holliday and Bela Lugosi are featured. You can see the Table of Contents below.

Descriptions of trunk styles, parts, hardware are given. Several trunk maker catalogues are included from such companies as Stallman, Everlast, even Montgomery Wards.

As we've always been, we're a small family business so in order to handle the logistics we're offering the book here online. $24.95. No sales tax unless you're ordering from NC. We'll even pay the shipping for you anywhere in the US or Canada. Just give us a click to go to our Secure Online Store and you can be enjoying the book soon.

THANKS

To all who have helped over the years; countless librarians, historians, customers, visitors to our Web site, descendants of trunk makers and everyone else. We could not have done this without you.

*Windows^Ž 7/XP/98
Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.

ISBN 978-0-615-55695-6