Suitcases

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.

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This wrapped object is (1) trunk used by Hope Moore Waggoner to store dance costumes.

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This wrapped object is (1) suitcase used by Hope Moore Waggoner to store dance costumes.

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Freshmen students Carol Plank (sitting) and Judith McDonough (standing) with suitcases in the basement of an apartment building at the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.

Scope and Contents

This series contains a suitcase and trunk used to store costumes.

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...

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Students unloading suitcases from a Coloardo charter bus to move into the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.