Seward Trunk Co.

Infobox_Company
company_name = Seward Trunk Co.
company_
company_type = Luggage Manufacturer
foundation = 1878
location = Petersburg, Virginia
industry = Travel goods
products = trunks, hat trunks, foot lockers, luggage.

Founded in 1878 by Simon Seward, the Petersburg, Virginia-based Seward Trunk Co. was once the nation's largest manufacturer of steamers, trunks and luggage. In 1967, Seward was purchased by the Dayco Corporation, the former Dayton Rubber Company, of Dayton, Ohio. The company is now a unit of Mercury Luggage Co. of Jacksonville, Florida.

The former Seward luggage factory at 434 High Street in Petersburg is on the National Register of Historic Places and is now under renovation for residences, which opened in 2006.

External links

* [http://www.mercuryluggage.com/ Mercury Luggage Corporate Site]
* [http://www.brettunsvillage.com/trunks/history/trunkads.html Antique Trunk Manufacturer History]
* [http://www.invotechcorp.com/signature/seward.htm Seward Trunk History]
* [http://www.progress-index.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16107637&BRD=2271&PAG=461&dept_id=462946&rfi=8 Story on Condominium Project]
* [http://state.vipnet.org/dhr/pdf_files/Notes2005.pdf Seward Luggage Renovation listed in Notes on Virginia]
* [http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RTD_BasicArticle%26c=MGArticle%26cid=1137835660287 Times Dispatch on Petersburg future, factory renovation]
* [http://www.libraries.wright.edu/special/manuscripts/ms-199.html Papers of Dayco Corp. at Wright State University]