Cardboard luggage?

[icecold]

hey there, I have a question about cardboard luggage, such as the one sold by manufactum:

http://www.manufactum.com/Produkt/1....html?choiceId=1455&amount=1&gravureText=null

the aesthetics is spot on, but cardboard? I'm curious if that material has ever been used in vintage luggage, and just as important, how is the durability? I'd imagine that it breaks easily!
Thanks for any comments

 

[LizzieMaine]

hey there, I have a question about cardboard luggage, such as the one sold by manufactum:

http://www.manufactum.com/Produkt/1....html?choiceId=1455&amount=1&gravureText=null

the aesthetics is spot on, but cardboard? I'm curious if that material has ever been used in vintage luggage, and just as important, how is the durability? I'd imagine that it breaks easily!
Thanks for any comments

There was a *lot* of inexpensive cardboard luggage made during the Era. Some of it was heavy, sturdy board -- I have a cardboard overnight bag out in my garage, and it's as durable as any other bag I've owned -- while the cheapest kind was very flimsy. The stereotypical image of a small-town rube going to the big city for the first time would have him carrying a bulging cardboard suitcase tied closed with a piece of rope, so these were definitely common enough to have made their way into the culture of the time.

 

[icecold]

There was a *lot* of inexpensive cardboard luggage made during the Era. Some of it was heavy, sturdy board -- I have a cardboard overnight bag out in my garage, and it's as durable as any other bag I've owned -- while the cheapest kind was very flimsy. The stereotypical image of a small-town rube going to the big city for the first time would have him carrying a bulging cardboard suitcase tied closed with a piece of rope, so these were definitely common enough to have made their way into the culture of the time.

thanks a lot (and the imagery was a riot :eusa_clap ).
given the low prices, chances are that manufactum stuff is of the flimsy kind, bug given the price, it's worth the risk!

 

[BellyTank]

"Cardboard" suitcases were very common.
Although it was a very dense and sturdy type of "Cardboard".

I wouldn't want to use them today, though, Airport luggage handling is too rough and careless nowadays.


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[BinkieBaumont]

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