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    Posted 5 years ago

    dcacciotti87
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    Picked up this Abel & Bach Company trunk. Out of all the trunks I’ve had this is the only one I can’t find any information on as in how common these are, values, when this would have been made or a history of the company. As well with the lock that is on it, I have had trouble finding out when it was made, only thing I found on the lock was a history of the company.

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    1. Drill Drill, 5 years ago
      Pages 305 & 306 luggage and leather goods 1913 mentions the closing of one of the Chicago stores.

      https://books.google.com/books?id=vZtAAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA674&lpg=PA674&dq=Abel+%26+bach+luggage+and+leather+goods+history&source=bl&ots=nBiebsO01G&sig=ACfU3U2U_bmmPSs6WeWswMjRYrvkvgvruw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj50Z-iqJXmAhUySN8KHWL1BnMQ6AEwCHoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=Abel%20%26%20bach%20luggage%20and%20leather%20goods%20history&f=false

      A similar lock patent of the time period.

      http://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/pages/US781621-0.png
      There is plenty of advertising for this company to there as well.
      Just search for: Abel & Bach Advertising images a fair amount pops up. hope this helps.

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