Tools, Knives, Clothing etc. Advertising Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1955 Zippo lighter advertising for Onan Electric Plants. Onan was started in 1920 by David Warren Onan in Minneapolis, Minnesota and has been based there since. Onan is still in business owned by Cummins Indiana (Cummins Onan)...

ARTIFACT: This is a late 1951 Zippo advertising lighter for Harris-Seybold, an Ohio-based manufacturer of rotary presses and power cutters. VINTAGE: Circa late 1951. SIZE: Approximately 2-1/4" height and 1-1/2" width and 1/2" in thickness...

ARTIFACT: This is a fabulous circa 1914 promotional paperweight for Motorenfabrik Oberursel AG, a German aircraft automobile and locomotive engine producer. Named Motorenfabrik Oberursel in 1893, the company had been organized under a different name two...

ARTIFACT: Great 1920's ??? 1930's Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph Junior Komic Club promotional celluloid pin by Bastian Bros. Co. in New York. The center features the image of a clown and the pin reads: "SUN-TELEGRAPH JUNIOR KOMIC CLUB". The reverse...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1890's promotional badge from the Fabric Fire Hose Company of New York given out at musters. The badge was made by Braxmar New York. It is shaped like a keystone with an arrow sticking straight up through it and has a wildcat's...

ARTIFACT: Wonderful 1960's Mack Truck promotional pocket knife. The knife features a blade, can opener/screwdriver, and file; the case features an oval with "MACK" in the center and was made in the United States. VINTAGE: Circa...

ARTIFACT: Very cool case for a French made MAB (Manufacture d'Armes de Bayonne) "Modele C". The MAB was produced after WWII during the 1950's - 1960's by Western Arms Corporation of Los Angeles. With assistance from the newly formed CIA, Western Arms...

ARTIFACT: Great circa 1900 Dover, New Hampshire advertising lead paperweight by United American Metals for the Foster's Democrat Newspaper. The center features a great American Indian Chief motif and surrounding it reads: "UNITED AMERICAN METALS...

ARTIFACT: Great 1976 Indy 500 pit pass/badge on original issue card. The badge shows a can of Valvoline Motor Oil in the center beside a race car with the year "1976" above. The top of the badge reads: "INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY"...

ARTIFACT: This is a great circa late 1950s advertising Flexi-Disc record for Shell gasoline. The square "full-fidelity" record is 33 ?? RPM and was made by Sound-Plus. The theme song on it is called "Cars Love Shell". This is...

ARTIFACT: Great vintage 1957 Phillips 66 Gasoline commemorative ashtray for the Will Rogers Turnpike. The ashtray is in the shape of the state of Oklahoma and the center reads: "COMMEMORATING WILL ROGERS TURNPIKE 1957" in raised lettering...

ARTIFACT: Great 1910's Gulf gasoline gauge for Ford Model T automobiles. The wooden gauge reads: "There IS MORE POWER IN "THAT GOOD GULF GASOLINE", "SUPREME AUTO OIL LEAVES LESS CARBON", "MANUFACTURED BY GULF REFINING CO...