The Gillette Company was born in September 1901 as The American Safety Razor Co. By the next June the name was changed to the Gillette Safety Razor Co.
Gillette acually started selling razors in 1903 with a three piece razor consisting of a two part blade holder with a screw on handle called the Standard and Old Type which used a blade with 3 holes in it.
Around the end of the 1920’s the slotted blade came out. The New, New Improved and Tech were all three piece razors that used the slotted blade. Then in the end of the 1940’s they went on to a twist to open (TTO) type razor with trap doors called the Super Speed with many variations. The adjustable razor was made in the late 1950’s where you turned a dial on the handle which adjusted the blade angle. They also made a Techmatic in 1965 which used an injector blade but only lasted a few years. And a few one year only razors such as the TV, Toggle and the 195 model were made. Some where in the mid 1970’s Gillette stopped making the double edge razors in the U.S.A.
A few vintage safety razors in the shop.
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Vintage advertising fans sort of fall into the ephemera catagory and the advertising area. Actually many can be added as ‘go alongs’ with other collections. Such as the Hopalong Cassidy, Bond Bread fan shown. There is also one shown that eleven different businesses are advertised.
Companies have been advertising on hand fans for a long time. Fans were usually cardboard with a wooden handle. But other type were also made. Most had nice images on one side and advertising on the back. Actually there are some companies that still give out fans out to their customers. These “advertising fans” promoted automobiles, beverages, candies, perfumes, local stores and businesses, hotels, banks, insurance companies, medicines etc. Many were used in smaller towns and cities for local businesses.
We have a few neat
advertising fans in the shop, they are scattered out a bit so use our shop search for “advertising fans’.
Just picked up a few vintage advertising mechanical pencils to add into the shop a figured it was time to write a little blip on them.
The mechanical pencil was invented in the 1800’s but didn’t become popular until some refinements were made to them in 1915 in Japan. Some of the main manufacturers in this country are Ever-Sharp, Faber-Castell, Parker, Pentel, Cross and others.
Some where down the line someone started to but advertising on the barrel and using them as advertising premiums. Seems to have caught on because you can collect thousands of advertising mechanical pencils today.
Takes a bit of searching but they’re out there hiding in desk drawers, cigar boxes and othe such places. Sometimes they will turn up at yard sales and estate sales, also flea markets, auction etc. Like matchbooks there are many ways to collect them, subject, pencil manufacturer, location or whatever catches your eye. Old service station ones are neat or trucking companies. Some also have neat little graphics on them. Hey and they don’t take up a lot of space
A few mechanical advertising pencils in the shop.
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1926 Sesquicentennial, Liberty Bell
A piece of memorabilia from the 1926 Sesquicentennial in Philadelphia. Plated brass, shaped like the Liberty Bell. About 4 wide by 6-1/4 long. Looks like it had a pin or something soldered on the back. Two small slots at the top maybe for a ribbon. There are many neat World’s Fair, Exposition and Centennial collectibles out there to be added to your collection if you dig around some. I’ve found many pieces at yard and estate sales as people tended to stick them away after visiting the fairs and then forgot all about them. Auctions are another good place as are shops on the internet
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