A True Samson
Date Manufactured: Late 1919-1920
Type: Metal-clad Flat-top
Manufacturer: Shwayder Trunk Manufacturing
Company (Samson)
Place of Origin: Denver, Colorado
Dimensions: 36(L) x 22(W) x 25(H)
Description: Large standard restoration.
Materials: Rust-preventive paints and stains, with
solid wood trays and a quilted brocade cotton
fabric.
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Shipping/Handling/Insurance to the CONUS is complimentary.

You may also make an appointment to pick up your trunk at our shop.
(West of Kansas City, Kansas).

We make every effort to accurately describe our merchandise. We strongly recommend that you email us
with any questions or requests before purchasing. (This includes requests for further pictures and detail
shots.) When e-mailing, please include the name of the trunk(s) you are interested in.
We wish for you to be happy with your purchase, and you may return it in the same condition it was
shipped out in  for a refund (less a 10% restocking fee)  within thirty days of purchase.
However, we once again recommend that  you ask any and all questions before purchasing, as any and
all shipping/handling charges are the sole responsibility of the purchaser and shall not be refunded.
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This Trunk is SOLD!!!!
Why we have it on our site at all is addressed in our FAQs



All of our trunks are original manufacture, and so may have
various original marks from being used as luggage. We
choose to leave most of these in place as we feel they add a
certain character and historical nature to these fine pieces.
Although we sometimes forget this, the simple
fact is that trunks are just an early form of
luggage. This one just happens to make that
fact abundantly clear, as it is a Samsonite - or
rather a predecessor thereof.

We actually didn't know it when we got it as it
was fairly filthy and had several layers of paint,
but once we stripped it we knew we had
something extraordinary.

The name "SAMSON" is inscribed on the hasps
and the corners. (You can make out the "N" in
the center curve of the corner in this picture.)
Also once we'd straightened out the tag (it had been
ripped up and curled over before we got it) we could
clearly read the "SHWAYDER ------- FG. CO." and
"DENVER, COLO U.S.A." which encircled a stylized
"SAMSON".

Of course the Shwayder Trunk Manufacturing Of
course the Shwayder Trunk Manufacturing Company
of Denver Colorado was started up in 1910. (So we
know the tag should've read "SHWAYDER TRUNK
MFG CO.") Turns out that the founder of this company
- Jesse Shwayder - liked the biblical hero Samson, and
decided to use the name to market the strength,
ruggedness, and classic beauty of his trunks. A couple
decades later he would change the luggage line's
name to Samsonite.