It all started in Petersburg, Virginia in 1878. That year, Seward Trunk and Bag Company made its first trunk and Seward has been a part of American lifestyles ever since. Salesmen hauled their samples from town to town in Seward cases. Immigrants moving west bought Seward chests to hold their possessions. World travelers filled the cargo holds of ocean liners with Seward steamers. Students took Seward lockers off to college, and soldiers brought Seward trunks back home with them when they returned from wars.