Why Old Trunks Fascinate Me

Old buy storage trunk boxes aren’t just places to keep things. They’re keepers of journeys. Before cheap mass storage appeared, metal storage trunk trunks were the way people travelled. Built solid, heavy duty, sometimes decorated with brass corners or painted lettering.

I remember when the circus came to town once a year. Posters glued to walls promised elephants, fire breathers, acrobats — and always clowns. Looking at the trunk feels like it was there backstage, stuffed with costumes and props, waiting for the show to begin.

When I first laid eyes on the circus clown trunk, I froze for a moment. The red-nosed clown staring upside down across the front felt like more than decoration. It felt like a memory of a lost world — an old fairground life.