Gas lamp, bowler hats…
Smells of leather, of wood…

This picture tells us and suggests many things.

We discover the workstations of the workmen of the time (which are very similar to our current workshops).
We can see the awaiting box lids and some finished trunks.
We are in the USA, in the first half of the 20th century.

I'm still dreaming of it!

Since I have seen this toolbox... I keep dreaming of it!

How meticulous! How accurate!

Hartmann trunks

An American giant, sturdy trunks.

A patented innovation at the time (besides, the registration is still available in specialized literature).

This model of trunk is displayed in the Musée du Bagage.

An important innovation at the time, because it enabled to save room in a hotel bedroom, and to prevent wall dammaging behind the trunk.

Voyage in French, if you please!

"Not  Wanted  on voyage"    is the label used by the liner companies to make it know to the travelers that 

such a trunk will go in the luggage hold and not in a cabin. The passenger does not weigh himself down with 

his trunk and will not be able to have access to it during the travel.  .