Not Wanted

Sometimes......don't you feel?

This is a sticker on a trunk that I purchased several years ago. It is a Canadian Pacific Steamships Limited "NOT WANTED" sticker which states the passenger's name, the steamship name (Empress of Britain), the sailing date (September 11 (no year)) and Destination (London England - Cumberland Hotel).

You can tell there used to be more labels or stickers, but these have long since been ripped off or worn. I did some research and found there were three "Empress of Britain" liners with this CP company. I'm guessing that this trunk most likely sailed on the third steamship which ran from 1956 to 1964. The first one was 1906 to 1923 (from 1914 to 1918 it was an armed merchant ship, then troopship) and the second from 1930 to 1940 (it was bombed by the Germans in 1940). It would be an intriguing story indeed if it were the second ship, but not likely to be.

It is a smaller wardrobe trunk with wooden hangers and very worn out fabric lined drawer/ compartments. It wouldn't have carried much, and is quite heavy just on its own.

What a tale it could tell.