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Q: Luggage History ( No Answer,   5 Comments )
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Subject: Luggage History
Category: Sports and Recreation > Travel
Asked by: allli-ga
List Price: $2.00
Posted: 19 Jun 2006 07:52 PDT
Expires: 19 Jul 2006 07:52 PDT
Question ID: 739331
When did wheeled luggage first appear on the consumer market in the US?
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Subject: Re: Luggage History
From: myoarin-ga on 19 Jun 2006 08:54 PDT
 
Let's see:  in Moby Dick, Queequeg strapped his seachest on a
wheelbarrow, posssibly the first record of wheeled luggage in America.


But then he shouldered barrow and chest, and it was over a hundred
years before the idea caught on, sometime in the 1970s, I believe.
Subject: Re: Luggage History
From: probonopublico-ga on 19 Jun 2006 09:38 PDT
 
Maybe it was when porters stopped being so readily available?
Subject: Re: Luggage History
From: kemlo-ga on 19 Jun 2006 14:50 PDT
 
I have an english shopping catalogue for 1907 That has steamer trunks
with tweels on it.
Subject: Re: Luggage History
From: kemlo-ga on 19 Jun 2006 14:51 PDT
 
TYPO
with two wheels on it.







Sorry, foot trouble
Subject: Re: Luggage History
From: probonopublico-ga on 19 Jun 2006 22:23 PDT
 
Congratulations, klemo, 'tweels' is your best ever!

How do you do it?

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