Air Luggage
Vintage croc leather luggage is in good pre owned condition vintage condition! Multnomah Paul Bunyan Air Luggage , Portland, Ore.
Brand
Multnomah Trunk and Bag Co
Manufactured
Portland, Oregon, USA
Info
The Multnomah Trunk and Bag Company was a luggage maker based in Portland, Oregon that was founded in 1885. They were one of the largest luggage companies on the West Coast.
History:
- The company saw the most growth in business just before World War I.
- In 1915, they sold 2,000 suitcases, 5,000 traveler's bags, 6,000 trunks, and 4,000 telescopes.
Products: trunks, suitcases, traveler's bags, and telescopes.
Examples of Multnomah trunks:
- A vintage locker/trunk with a black wood exterior and a Paul Bunyon design
- A steamer trunk made in the 1920s-1930s that is made of wood covered with vulcanized fiber
Three-ply construction, using fir, offered "the finest and best material in the world of which to construct trunks," said Samuel Holcomb, the company's president in a 1916 newspaper article. "Our three-ply veneer fir makes trunks so strong they will withstand the roughest kind of handling," he said.
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