Vintage "Neevel" brand "Ding Dong School"

Doll Traveling Trunk / Train Case 

Steamer Trunk  Red Circa early 1950s

14" W / 7 1/4" H / 8 1/2" D 

Neevel Luggage Mfg. Company with the logo of the 

"Nat'l. B'casting Co. Inc. Service T.M. 

The "Ding Dong School" with Miss Frances 

(Frances Horwich) was a TV show that originated in 1952

on WNBQ-TV in Chicago and picked up nationally by NBC

just a year later and was seen by pre-schoolers and their

parents Coast to Coast. It quickly became one of the most

watched morning programs in America, even beating out an

Arthur Godfrey hosted morning show in the same time slot.

"Miss Frances" would ring a bell, (hence the name of the

program) at the beginning of the show and a symbol of that

bell is at the top of this doll trunk.

This Trunk measures 14 1/4" (tall) x 8 1/2" (wide) and 7 1/8"

(deep). It has a plastic handle on top with brass attachments,

brass hinges, and a brass closure.

The Trunk is made of a wooden inner frame with some 

type of thick Red textured paper on the surface. 

The hand of Miss Frances, the bell, little girl, and the lettering

is all some type of applied flocking as shown in the photo. 

The inside is papered with a light tan brown herringbone

design. 

The visual condition is as you see it in the photos

provided - well used, but not thrashed and still displays 

very nicely.  The trunk is nice and clean and does not smell

musty.

The structural condition is excellent, with all sides

solid and no punctures or splitting.