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April 15, 2020

Oh, the Places We’ll Go and the Things We Will See!

Since no one is traveling much right now, let’s check out when our families did.

Both the Hegeler and the Carus families were world travelers and with the Hegeler’s 8 or the Carus’ 6 children, it took a lot of containers to hold everything. Up in our attic, we have what is fondly referred to as the “Trunk Room”. It is one of the high points on our Whole House Tours. There is such a variety of trunks up there and just imagine the stories they could tell.

Trunks, trunks and more trunks. These are about 2/3rds of the trunks. There are more along another wall. You can see a number of steamers in here.

The curved-top one is a camel-back. Only the wealthy traveled with camel-backs. The crews on ships, trains, etc. would just pile everyone’s heavy trunks on top of each other. Don’t want yours to get crushed? Make certain yours goes on top by adding a camel-back hump to it so nothing can be put on top of it!

The rectangular, very sturdy one is a Steamer Trunk. They were loaded into the (wait for it…) steam rooms of ships. The latches on some of the trunks are amazing. When you think about what would be in the trunks, it makes sense that they would need to be very secure.

  • A beautiful camel back trunk.
  • One of the steamer trunks.

Camilla’s case is less sturdy and more apt to be kept with her as she traveled.

Camilla Hegeler’s “suitcase”.

And away we go!

  • This is from the backside of the trunk pile.
  • The Haskell Brothers were furniture makers in Chicago and were nationally known for their quality. This camel-back is one of theirs.
  • Latch on the steamer trunk.
  • Another example of latching on a steamer trunk.
  • Latch on the camel back trunk.
  • Oh, the places we’ll go…
  • …and go…
  • …and go!

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