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WARDROBE STEAMER TRUNKS -- Some time ago the Futurliner
project received as donations two steamer trunks. Parader William
Mitchell (1941 Parader) and Conrad "Connie" Vaughan
(1950's Parader) each donated a trunk. They are very unique in that
they had a hanging system for the uniforms as well as lockable
drawers for the balance of each Parader's outfits and personnel
items.
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In the process of moving these around one of the
trunks became locked with the key on the inside. Since these steamer
trunks are treasures and we want to use them in our future display
Wayne was assigned to get the trunk unlocked. Wayne ended up taking
steel wool and cleaning up the area on the built-in trunk lock and
found a number. From that number he called a local Key Store. They
in turn searched their inventory and, can you believe, they had
"the" key we needed in stock. Also, they only had one key,
but that is all we needed. After picking up the key we have our
trunk opened again.
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