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Very cool, Cort! Is this a trade card, or an ad printed on two sides of paper?This nicely printed 1882 ad promotes the Dueber Case factory in Newport Kentucky measures 4 1/2”x6 1/2”.. I didn’t know there was a factory there until I got this.
Interesting. Check out the history of the company if you haven't already seen it.Here is one that I have restored and the thermometer works very well and I would love to have one of their watches to go along this thermometer.
Bruce
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Pat, This is printed on paper.-CortVery cool, Cort! Is this a trade card, or an ad printed on two sides of paper?
These are fun books! The 1910 edition has only 2 pages of generic Waltham advertising, along with a line of text across the top of facing pages extolling the virtue of Waltham watches, as seen on the 3rd and 4th images below.I have two copies of Waltham’s “Mental Nuts” booklets which are each filled with 100 brain teaser puzzles. The red covered one is from 1904 and has few ads but the second from 1916 has 14 pages of their latest offerings. They measure a bit under 3”x5”.-Cort View attachment 629501 View attachment 629502 View attachment 629503 View attachment 629504 View attachment 629505
Thank you for posting, these helped aid me in dating some of my signs.Some company envelopes. Back in post #146 Greg F. posted one from the N.Y. Chronograph Watch Co. to the same recipient as the first three here. -Cort View attachment 629864 View attachment 629869 View attachment 629870 View attachment 629871 View attachment 629872
Very cool, Cort! I had never noticed the fob, thanks for pointing it out!I just got my first new card in years. A nice touch is the $1 California gold coin fob! -Cort View attachment 632015 View attachment 632016
Omega lamp may have been an alcohol lamp being a promotional item provided for use by watchmakers & jewellers. Alcohol lamps were commonly used to melt shellac etc. back in the day.Rhett,
I've lost track of the Gold Medal award example. I have it here somewhere and will measure it, when I come across it. Guessing from memory, it's about 15" x 10"
Here are a few more examples..
I think the Omega item might be an oil lamp. I don't know. If anyone knows, please share.
Ralph
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Chris, Omega used the slogan “The Watch of Matchless Merit” in much of it’s advertising. I wonder if Ralph’s piece might be part of an ink well?There is nothing for scale in the Omega item's photos, so this might be wrong: I wonder if it could have been a tabletop cigarette lighter (which is a lot like an oil lamp). Porcelain lighters seem to have been an early 20th C. thing.
The main reason I think that is the slightly odd wording with "matchless" and how that would be a clever slogan printed on a lighter, but not an oil lamp.
It seems a little large for an inkwell, but who knows. I'm still leaning toward an alcohol lamp. I'd like to find a parts lamo, with parts that would fit this one.Chris, Omega used the slogan “The Watch of Matchless Merit” in much of it’s advertising. I wonder if Ralph’s piece might be part of an ink well?
They must have made a lot of advertisement pieces for this watch. I got the painting (Print) that is an advertisement for this watch. I think its all original too. I just had to have it when i seen it for sale. I like stuff i can hang on the wall. An old picture of Abe on the wall gets attention when guest are overHey! I have one of those tooIt goes nicely with the watch it advertises.
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I can't really tell from the angle at which it's photographed, but the Omega item looks like a shade for a small lamp, possibly kerosene. The chimney would stick through the top of the shade. Or is that what you were implying, Ralph?Rhett,
I've lost track of the Gold Medal award example. I have it here somewhere and will measure it, when I come across it. Guessing from memory, it's about 15" x 10"
Here are a few more examples..
I think the Omega item might be an oil lamp. I don't know. If anyone knows, please share.
Ralph
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