CIRCUS TRUNKS REVISITED,,,,(AMENDED)
If you remember the discussion we had over Circus Trunks a while back, here is an ad from the 1917 Ringling Bros. Magazine & Daily Review, that's the year they did "Cinderella". I'd bet this one would never make the first load-out!!!!
RE: COMMENTS
I think you are all referring to the normal "Theatrical" or "Steamer" Trunk, like the one below, which had a flatter top, some were completely flat, & some had just a slight hump. The "Wilt" has a peak like the "gable" on the roof of a house. 
posted by 24-HOUR-MAN | 3:56 PM
9 Comments:
I recently saw an ad that showed Gucci is now selling trunks like this. I guess there is still a market.
I remember as a kid on the Polack show, most of the women had a trunk like this in the dressing room, right,Tepa?
Frank still has his Trunk like this from 1947. It is musty and mildew. Still has his costumes in it. We are on the virge of tossing it out, but didn't get to do it as yet. ---- Can't beat the old time workmanship. The hardware alone on them --last forever.
I remember Pom Pom had one and our mom had one but I don't remember who the rest belonged to. I still have ours and my father's cape and my mother's show shoes are still inside it. I don't plan on getting rid of it. I'm trying to make it a piece of furniture in the house so I can see it every day.
Chack out the addition I put regarding the regular Theatrical Trunk.
The Gucci is cheap,,,,Check out "Goyard", there is one for sale for over $45,000.00
Mine was a theatrical trunk. Wish I still had it.
Penny
YEP...
THAT'S...THE....ONE...WE...
HAD...REALY....GOOD.....
Re the "furniturization" of the "Gable Top,"-- kind of hard to set a lamp down on it, huh?
Bruce the Clown . . .
The two I have are both flat tops. I don't believe I had ever seen a gable top before.
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