Tools, Knives, Clothing etc. Advertising Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1914 advertising pin for Prowodnik Tires of Riga. Riga was part of Russia at the time, about to be occupied by Germany, and destined to be the capital of an independent...

ARTIFACT: This is a great old apple peeler by Pennsylvania Hardware Company. The Penn Hardware Company was established in 1877 in Reading, Pennsylvania. The peeler is in cast iron with a wooden crank...

ARTIFACT: This is an old shoe horn from Fulis Bros., a Portsmouth, New Hampshire shoe store. VINTAGE: Circa 1910s. SIZE: Approximately 4-1/16" in length and 1-9/16" in width. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a great early tin lithograph advertising sign for Lee Union-Alls circa 191The Union-Alls design combined a jacket and dungarees in one piece of clothing to provide full coverage for...

ARTIFACT: This is a great circa 1920s advertising paperweight for Byers Machinery of Ravenna, Ohio. The paperweight advertises the company's patented "Bear Cat" crane (excavator). The company...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1940 brass advertising key chain for Goodrich Tires. It is in the shape of a 1940 Massachusetts license plate. VINTAGE: Circa 1940. SIZE: Approximately 3/4" in height and...

ARTIFACT: This is a Derby Underwear twenty years of service pin in 10 karat gold by Balfour. The pin has a great design: a pair of boxer shorts sticking out of a derby hat gives the overall...

ARTIFACT: This is an old Leominster, Massachusetts "Hudson Parer Company" cast iron apple peeler patented in 188The peeler has a crank handle that manipulates two gears attached to a three-pronged...

ARTIFACT: This is a five years of service pin for McCulloch Motors, makers of chainsaws and aircraft engines. The pin is in 10 karat gold enameled in red and blue with a ruby chip and shows two ducks...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930s advertising novelty puzzle for Valentine & Company, a vendor of Valspar products. Valspar is a paint company that has been around since 190The puzzle is in aluminum...

ARTIFACT: This is a great circa 1910s or 1920s employee badge for Rexall, a Boston, Massachusetts-based chain of independently owned drugstores that began in 190The company's motto reflects just how...

ARTIFACT: This is a set of circa 1920s or 1930s Remington Peters shotgun shell buttons for a blazer: two large and four small. The large buttons are made from 12 gauge shotgun shells and the small...