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The Brandon Collection

A collection of steel hinged retractable advertising button hooks

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A collection of steel hinged retractable advertising button hooks, circa 1900, of fan design to include D Dissinger Sporting Hill Penn Dealer in General MDSE Boots & Shoes etc, W Hahn & Co's 3 Reliable Shoe Houses Washington DC, Bradley & Metcalf Co Milwaukee Wis Makers of Good Shoes Since 1843, each 8cm folded, two smaller examples one plain the other L P Loud Co 52 Main St Waterville ME each 6cm folded, seven extending hinged loop handle examples to include Flatau's prize medal boots, T Boot Co 386 George St, Cesido Ottaviano Zapateria del Comercio Telefono No 1020 Caracas, Bally Chaussures Suisses, Strawbridge & Clothier Phila High Grade Shoes, Mandoline and Alpha SA & Co Ltd., largest 7cm, smallest 5.5cm, four hinged examples with cigar cutter to end comprising Jim Dandy, H & G Shoe Co 21 South Main Dayton Ohio High Grade Footwear, Chicago Tailoring Co and unmarked example, largest 8.5cm smallest 7.5cm, example with bottle opener to end John Borer Best Shoes in Richmond 3030 Richmond St Phila 7cm and a single hinged hook S Paradizabal 18 de Jul 10 853 Montevideo, 6.5cm (15)

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