Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 7422594, member: 5833&quot;]I braved your link, but got a message saying I needed to request access, so backed out.&nbsp; My grandmother was about the same age as yours.&nbsp; I have her hope chest, which I assume was given to her sometime from her mid-teens to her early 20s.&nbsp; She did not marry until she was 29, so she would have been seen as in need of one for a longer than average period.&nbsp; What this adds up to is that I think chest I have is from mid-1910s to mid-1920s.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lane was the big name maker.&nbsp; Perhaps this video has something of use in it:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&amp;q=lane+hope+chest+history#kpvalbx=_upTRY9TbFIjU5NoPzJ6k2A4_55" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&amp;q=lane+hope+chest+history#kpvalbx=_upTRY9TbFIjU5NoPzJ6k2A4_55" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&amp;q=lane+hope+chest+history#kpvalbx=_upTRY9TbFIjU5NoPzJ6k2A4_55</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in