Old Trunks, Old Stories

When I first stumbled across the circus clown trunk, I just stared. The painted face staring upside down across the front felt like more than decoration. It felt like a memory of a lost world — a carnival gone by.

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

Trunks aren’t just wooden boxes. They’re pieces smithers of stamford history. Before cheap mass storage appeared, trunks were the way people travelled. Built solid, heavy duty, sometimes decorated with brass corners or painted lettering.