Sometime between the late 1890’s and 1910, Elmer Kirkland Cigar Co. and Hummell & Co., both in Binghamton, NY, adopted tin boxes shaped and printed like travel trunks (yes that’s what luggage looked like). Deutsch Bros. of NYC  was a third major user about whom almost nothing is known.    

        American Can and other tin-box-makers must have sold the idea to more than these three companies. If you have others, I’d like to hear from you.