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Through the early twentieth century, Shwayder Trunk Manufacturing Co. produced a variety of luggage and other adjacent products, but they were most well known for their trunks. They came in a plethora of different styles by 1930—hand trunks, steel lockers, and the ever-popular wardrobe.

As trunks and luggage were the primary Shwayder product, any deviatory products were usually made from pre-existing productions or leftover materials. The most well-known example was the card tables of the 1930s-40s, in which they reused the same corners used on their luggage. That behavior was also reflected in their name change to Shwayder Bros. Inc. in 1931.

Given such background, as well as considering there was already a market for toy trunks to hold doll clothing and accessories, it seems only natural that they made miniaturized wardrobe trunks for dolls:

As the full-size wardrobe trunk had, one side was fitted with drawers and the other contained a space in which clothing could be hung and stored. At least four hangers were originally included, as the above example currently still has. The original owner also labeled their dolls' names on the drawers: Anita, Elizabeth, and Carla.

The issue is that currently, there is no solid date range to place the production of this trunk or doll trunks in general by Shwayder Trunk Mfg. Co. They had only began national advertising in the 1930s, and those only featured their staple products, not anything such as this. The best dates that can be approximated are due to the hinges on the front:

"Denver Detroit" means that the trunk cannot predate 1928, when Shwayder Trunk Mfg. Co. leased the former Detroit plant of Hinkley Motors Company. The original travel stickers on the trunk, while they capture a very particular era between the 1920s and 1934 with mentions of White Star Line and Constantinople, should not be considered to be trustworthy in absolute dating. They appear to purposely give an faux older impression, as if the case had been used for decades.

Surviving examples of these doll cases are relatively rare, with all known examples being different styles and featuring different latches and hinges, some without the central lock. It is very likely they were produced for a number of years sometime between 1931-1943, when Shwayder Bros. switched to wartime production.

Due to the reuse common with early Shwayder products, it is very likely a more specific (and confident) range will be derived as more information is gathered onsite. There's also a possibility that the locks/latches were sold by Shwayder Bros. to an unrelated manufacturer that produced these cases, as certain elements such as the corners can be found on similar non-Shwayder branded doll wardrobes and are not the same as can be found on their full size trunks. The stickers are also slightly suspect, though not a deal breaker. Similar to their early trunks and luggage, their products did not look very different than their competitors.

As for now, if it was indeed a Shwayder product, it serves as the first documented toy product under the Shwayder name, long before they had acquired the license to produce LEGO in North America.

Some more pictures of the trunk, also mentioning Cunard Line (which merged with White Star Line in 1934):

The back is unadorned:

The handle is made of several layers of cloth: