Description
This is a 1920s advertising first aid tin for the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, or AT&T, which was founded in 188The company had been around for a decade previously before it assumed its now famous name as a venture under the guidance of three men, including the telephone's inventor, Alexander Graham Bell. The tin in bright green with an old AT&T logo on its cover, and includes compresses (only one package is opened), as well as tubes of iodine, petrolatum and ammonia.
VINTAGE:Circa 1920's.
SIZE:Approximately 2-1/2" in height and 3-5/8" in width and 1-1/4" in depth.
CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS:Painted tin, brass. Paper and gauze, etc.
ATTACHMENT:Hinge and locking catch.
ITEM NOTES:This is from an advertising collection which we will be listing more of over the next few months. VCX98 LCHX2/11 SLBHX7/16 SBHX07/21
CONDITION:7 (Very Fine): The tin has some moderate abrasions and small spots of wear and the contents are mostly in very good shape.
GUARANTEE:As with all my artifacts, this piece is guaranteed to be original, as described.