Suitcases
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Scope Note: Pieces of luggage; usually rectangular, rigid, and flat; especially for carrying clothes while traveling.
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Box 1: Brown Leather Suitcase, between 1938-1993
Item — Box B097.03.0001: Series B097.03 [Barcode: U186020735984]
Identifier: B097.03.0001.00001
Abstract
A brown leather suitcase with two leather straps across the sides that buckle at the top. Two metal snaps are along the side of the top and a metal latch with a lock is featured in the middle. Originally belonged to Hannah Levy.
Dates:
between 1938-1993
Container 7: Costume Trunk
File — Object D064.0007: Series D064.03 [Barcode: U186023262875]
Identifier: D064.03.0007
Abstract
This wrapped object is (1) trunk used by Hope Moore Waggoner to store dance costumes.
Dates:
1925-2015
Container 8: Suitcase
File — Object D064.0008: Series D064.03 [Barcode: U186023262883]
Identifier: D064.03.0008
Abstract
This wrapped object is (1) suitcase used by Hope Moore Waggoner to store dance costumes.
Dates:
1925-2015
Realia
Series
Identifier: D064.03
Scope and Contents
This series contains a suitcase and trunk used to store costumes.
Dates:
1925-2015
Shwayder Family Papers and Samsonite Corporation Records
Collection
Identifier: B245
Abstract
The Shwayder family of Denver, Colorado, is best known for the luggage company Samsonite Corporation, which the family founded and operated. Isaac and Rachel Shwayder had migrated from Manchester, England to Colorado in 1881 and eventually settled in Denver. In 1910 their son, Jesse Shwayder, opened a small luggage factory in Denver with his father along with his brothers Mark, Maurice, Benjamin, and Solomon Shwayder. The company started as Shwayder Trunk Manufacturing Company, was later...
Dates:
1896-2002