vintage 1920’s antique steamer military trunk chest storage box coffee table

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An antique military metal storage trunk by National Vulcanized Fibre Co. manufactured c. 1920. With brass hardware and leather strap. Featuring original paper stickers. In a deep green finish. H33cm x W78cm x D43cm

National Vulcanized Fibre Company Vintage Steamer Trunk.

Racing army green, sturdy and heavy.

With all original labels stickers

National Vulcanized Fibre Co trunk - 1920-1930's. Used but in great condition.

History: In 1884 Courtenay & Trull Co. N.Y. was merged into the Vulcanized Fibre Co.[8] which gave the company control over a new invention called by the trade name "Gelatinized Fibre".

On December 4, 1901, during a merger and consolidation the Vulcanized Fibre Co.[9] changed its name to the "American Vulcanized Fiber Co." which was formed for the purpose of consolidating: Kartavert Mfg. Company, Wilmington, Delaware; American Hard Fibre Company, Newark, Delaware; Vulcanized Fibre Company, Wilmington, Delaware. and the Laminar Fibre Company of North Cambridge, Mass.

In 1922 the name was changed again when it was directly purchased by the National Fibre & Insulation Company of Yorklyn Delaware (who was also the owner of the Keystone Fibre Co.). The president of the National Fibre Company at this time was J. Warren Marshall, who took the same office after consolidating into the new company "National Vulcanized Fibre Company.

In 1965 the name was changed again to the NVF Company in order to avoid confusion over the years with a new and changing product line.[10]

The water power of the Piedmont streams in Northern Delaware led to a proliferation of companies in the vulcanized fibre business. Over the years, these companies reorganized and merged. In 1922 National Vulcanized Fiber Company emerged as the main competitor to Spaulding Fibre, which had begun developing vulcanized products in Rochester, New Hampshire and Tonawanda, New York, nearly a quarter century after the industry began in Delaware. Grab a pice of history.

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