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Lane hope chest given to me by mother in law who says it was her great aunts. My mother inlaw is 60. I looked for the date on the bottom but all there is serial no G48-S. Any idea what this means? The chest has the original paper work stapled to the inside of the chest
Re: Lane Hope chest
The serial number on mine was hard to find, it was engraved into the bottom, I took a pencil and rubbed over markings to pull the number from it.
Re: Lane Hope chest
The serial #, read backwards, will tell you the month, day and year it was manufactured. If it has 7 numbers, the last number indicates which plant it was made at. Example
2235150 = 2 / 23 / 51 / 50 shows it was made on May 15, 1932 at plant #2. This number is found on the outside bottom of the chest. You will also find the model # on the bottom.