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<p>[QUOTE="WilliamTK1974, post: 4253521, member: 20965"]Ok, so no cedar chests in the 1902 Sears catalog lol. That seems a little surprising given some of the other stuff they would ship, but maybe they hadn't figured out how to do it without the chest incurring damage during the trip.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think we had a repro from the mid 1890s and/or the one you have, and then one from the early 1920s. Back like I said in a previous posting, we read them to tatters and they all appear to have gotten away.</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as my chest goes, I just have a hard time doubting what my mother has said about the chest's origins. Family lore can sometimes go down the wrong pathway, but that seems unlikely here given that several of the people I've mentioned were still alive within her memory, and a few were alive within mine. Sadly, those who would have known best have been gone for a long time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="WilliamTK1974, post: 4253521, member: 20965"]Ok, so no cedar chests in the 1902 Sears catalog lol. That seems a little surprising given some of the other stuff they would ship, but maybe they hadn't figured out how to do it without the chest incurring damage during the trip. I think we had a repro from the mid 1890s and/or the one you have, and then one from the early 1920s. Back like I said in a previous posting, we read them to tatters and they all appear to have gotten away. As far as my chest goes, I just have a hard time doubting what my mother has said about the chest's origins. Family lore can sometimes go down the wrong pathway, but that seems unlikely here given that several of the people I've mentioned were still alive within her memory, and a few were alive within mine. Sadly, those who would have known best have been gone for a long time.[/QUOTE]
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