Tools, Knives, Clothing etc. Advertising Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a great circa 1910s Phillips' Milk of Magnesia advertising letter opener with a magnifier at one end. Charles Henry Philiips, a British native who moved to Stamford, Connecticut,...

ARTIFACT: This is a great circa 1900 pocket compass advertising Leominster Hardware Company of Leominster, Massachusetts. The store advertised having "Everything is Sporting Goods: Guns Ammunition...

ARTIFACT: Circa 1910's - 1920's "B & Co. Inc." (possible medical supply company) lapel/service pin. At the center of the pin, a red enameled shield features a caduceus, two scrolls adorn each side of...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful, iconic 1900's – 1910's Buster Brown Shoes celluloid pin with Bust & Tige by Whitehead & Hoag with original paper backing that reads: "THE WHITEHEAD & HOAG CO. BUTTONS, BADGES,...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1910 advertising watch fob for H and M Paints. The fob is in oval and shows a man painting in relief. VINTAGE: Circa 1910. SIZE: Approximately 1-7/8" in height and 1-3/16"...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1910s The Carter's Inks Company (TCI) celluloid advertising badge by Boston Badge Company. The badge promotes Carter's INX line of products. VINTAGE: Circa 1910s...

ARTIFACT: This is a third prize ribbon for the Boston Stationers' Association Outing on June 28, 191It was awarded to The Carter's Inks (TCI) Company for a now unknown event. The ribbon hangs from a...

ARTIFACT: This is a great old advertising thermometer in celluloid for the Portsmouth Refrigeration Service of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. This thermometer was made by Dorfman Brothers of Corona, on...

ARTIFACT: This is a very early circa 1900 celluloid advertising pin for Cat's Paw Heels, a product of the Foster Rubber Company of Baltimore, Maryland. Around since 1904, Cat's Paw was a hugely...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1910's pin for Levi & Strauss' "Koveralls" dungarees for kids. A Bavarian emigre to America, Levi-Strauss invented jeans by asking a tailor to sew a rugged pair of pants out...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful and rare circa 1910 Supplee Hardware Company Pennsylvania Lawn Mower's advertising key fob. The silver-plated brass fob shows an ornate image of a Pennsylvania lawn mower wheel...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful circa 1900 owl bookmark in die-cut and lithographed aluminum. It reads: "A WORD TO THE WISE ADVERTISE" on the owl's chest. VINTAGE: Circa 1900 SIZE: Approximately 2-7/8" x...