My parents had a couple they used when they went by ship NZ to UK 1946, and we used them to return to NZ in 1957. We also used them to go to Australia in 1958, and back to NZ in 1963, though on those journeys we went by plane and the trunks came by sea - a bit heavy for the aeroplane. They were very durable, and lasted a long time - I don't know if my parents' ones were new when they first used them. My sister still has my parents' ones, used for storage rather than travelling these days. _______________________ Stuart Park Kerikeri, New Zealand [email protected] Visit my Glass blog at http://newzealandglass.blogspot.co.nz/ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of aotueka via Sent: Wednesday, 29 June 2016 1:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [nz] Metal steamer trunk Hello. I have a metal steamer trunk that I understand belonged to my gr-gr-grandmother. She had it circa 1880/1890. It has riveted reinforced corners and the lid is kinda rounded on the edges. And it is relatively weighty. They have a duplicate at the Auckland Maritime Museum in the immigrant ship display. But when I asked then about the trunk such as the dates that such trunks would have been used etc, they claimed to know nothing. I'd like to find out about them but came up blank on the internet. Does anyone know of these or have any idea about the date of them? The dimensions are 460mm high x 500mm deep x 740mm wide. Thanks, Beth Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. The List Guidelines http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message