tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2204802663850869179.post2965234958190287805..comments2023-04-01T03:47:58.311-07:00Comments on Thoughts, Jots, and Tittles: New ProjectEmmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08402504049401724230noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2204802663850869179.post-29254791332845605262012-07-16T18:45:06.448-07:002012-07-16T18:45:06.448-07:00Emma
You have found quite a treasure indeed, at l...Emma<br /><br />You have found quite a treasure indeed, at least from my own personal perspective. James S. Topham was my Great Grandfather and was quite a business man in his day. He started his leather goods business making saddles in 1855, and opened his first store in Washington DC with only $700.00. Pennsylvania avenue was just a dirt road. He made saddles, trunks, bridles bags, and other leather goods of all types, and made a trunk for each sitting president from Abraham Lincoln to William H Taft.<br />He was a great man, and i'm happy to see someone so thrilled with a piece of history! Hope your restoration project turned out well, and congrats!<br /><br />Andrew Topham<br />US Army (RET)e7armysargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08326477437068221770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2204802663850869179.post-53881187486115436782011-08-19T10:23:04.065-07:002011-08-19T10:23:04.065-07:00I am trying not to be SUPER jealous! I, too, have...I am trying not to be SUPER jealous! I, too, have a passion for antiques and boxes (or trunks). Congratulations on such a good find! I can't wait to see what you do with it! <br /><br />In the meantime, I'm still looking for a hope chest...so if you see any old trunks that you don't want, let me know! :)Savannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15633532659044310485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2204802663850869179.post-2927064082598193012011-08-08T17:36:04.786-07:002011-08-08T17:36:04.786-07:00But you're *storing* those things in your hope...But you're *storing* those things in your hope chest, right? ;)Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08402504049401724230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2204802663850869179.post-71265260569794779722011-08-08T13:34:47.021-07:002011-08-08T13:34:47.021-07:00Ahem... the trunks upstairs are not *all* for just...Ahem... the trunks upstairs are not *all* for just storage! My hope chest is not just storage... it's full of things that I want to bless my husband through in making our one-day-house into a home. That's a big deal... storage indeed!!!<br /><br />-Yo SisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com