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c. 1900 Salesman Sample Stainless Cooling Machine by WF Dougherty
Located in Dekalb, IL
Early 1900s; W.F. Dougherty
Sons - Philadelphia, PA
This stainless steel salesman sample cooling machine is something rarely seen. William F. Dougherty was born December 11, 1...
Category
Early 20th Century American Models and Miniatures
Materials
Stainless Steel
c. 1910 Frantz Premier Salesman Sample Vacuum Sweeper
Located in Dekalb, IL
1910s; Premier Vaccum Cleaner Co. - Cleveland, OH
The Frantz Premier vacuum, also known as "the broomstick," was an electric sweeper designed by James B. Kirby, who would later beco...
Category
Early 20th Century American Models and Miniatures
Materials
Steel
c. 1940 Restored L-630 Radio by General Electric
By General Electric
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1940s; General Electric Co. (GE) - Bridgeport CT
Vintage Streamline-inspired radio with a gorgeous two-tone backlit tuner.
• Type: Wooden tube table radio
• Tubes: 6-tube config...
Category
Mid-20th Century Musical Instruments
Materials
Wood
1949 Restored A122M Radio by Murphy
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1940s/1950s; Murphy Radio Ltd. - Welwyn Garden City, England
Vintage English-produced radio by Murphy. Interestingly, this piece features labeled stations within the tuner.
• Mo...
Category
Mid-20th Century English Streamlined Moderne Musical Instruments
Materials
Wood
Antique Industrial Copper Pressure Vessel Apparatus
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1920s-1930s; (likely) L. Schuler & Co. - Chicago, IL
Striking early industrial copper pressure vessel mounted on a black iron pipe frame. The cylindrical tank features riveted se...
Category
Early 20th Century American Industrial Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Copper, Iron
Vintage Model 5T Radio by RCA
By RCA
Located in Dekalb, IL
1936; RCA (RCA Victor Co. Inc.) - New York
Gorgeous, traditional tabletop radio with a copper tuner faceplate and black trim.
• Model Type: Tabletop broadcast receiver
• Main Circu...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Musical Instruments
Materials
Wood
Vintage Permutation Lock Demonstrator by Sargent
Greenleaf
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1950s; Sargent & Greenleaf, Inc. - Rochester, NY
Vintage combination lock model.
This piece features a combination-style lock partially encased in luctite. Likely a salesman sam...
Category
Mid-20th Century Models and Miniatures
Materials
Steel
Early 20th Century JW Wilson Salesman Sample Buggy Seat
Located in Dekalb, IL
1890s-1910s; J. W. Wilson's Swing Seat, Manchester, NH.
In the late 1800s, drivers of wagons and heavy carriages known as "drays" had a problem, and this wooden salesman sample seat...
Category
Early 20th Century American Models and Miniatures
Materials
Steel
Vintage Westfield Bikes Framed Parts Display
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1920s/1930s; The Westfield Manufacturing Co. - Westfield, MA
Antique historical bike parts wall-mounted display.
This piece serves as a salesman sample-type display used to adve...
Category
Early 20th Century American Models and Miniatures
Materials
Steel
Vintage Silvertone Model 1808 Worlds Fair Radio by Sears
Roebuck
By Sears, Roebuck
Company
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1930s; Sears, Roebuck & Co. - Chicago
Vintage "World's Fair" model first released in conjunction with the 1933 "Century of Progress" World's Fair in Chicago. Features Art Deco-in...
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Musical Instruments
Materials
Wood
Vintage Salesmans Sample Drafting Desk by Hamilton
Located in Dekalb, IL
1950s; Hamilton Manufacturing Co. - Two Rivers, WI
Founded in 1880 by J.E. Hamilton and initially produced wood type, Hamilton Mfg eventually expanded to other products like cabinet...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Models and Miniatures
Materials
Steel
Sacred Heart Framed Tin Litho Christ Print
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1920s-1940s; (likely) Catholic Art and Book Co. - St. Louis, MO
Framed chromolithograph of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
A classic devotional image of Christ displaying the Sacred ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Renaissance Revival Religious Items
Materials
Tin
Vintage Model E-53X Radio by Canadian General Electric
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1930s; Canadian General Electric Co. Ltd. - Toronto, ON
Simple and traditional tabletop radio with Art Deco embellishments.
• Model Type: Tabletop broadcast receiver
• Main Circ...
Category
Vintage 1930s Musical Instruments
Materials
Wood
Antique Salesman Sample Adjustable Box Spring
Located in Dekalb, IL
Early 1900s; Unbranded
Early box springs were a pretty simple concept, lifting the mattress off the ground and providing additional support to settling and lumpy mattresses. What ma...
Category
Early 20th Century American Models and Miniatures
Materials
Steel
Vintage Model 6S632 Radio by Zenith
By Zenith
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1940s; Zenith Radio Corp. - Chicago, IL
Streamline Moderne-inspired tabletop radio. Features robust tone control and local radio pushbuttons.
• Model Type: Tabletop broadcast re...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Streamlined Moderne Musical Instruments
Materials
Wood
Vintage Model R-1131 with Magic Eye Tube by Delco
Located in Dekalb, IL
1937; United Motors Service - New York
Streamline Art Deco console radio with wooden tuning knobs.
This piece features a solid state Magic Eye tube, an inexpensive way to do the sa...
Category
Vintage 1930s Art Deco Musical Instruments
Materials
Wood
$2,340 / item
Early 20th Century Silkworm Industrial Nature Cabinet
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1910s/1920s; A. J. Tiffany, Publisher - Chicago
Vintage silkworm education tool.
This piece was part of a series of "Industrial Nature Cabinets" produced for American schools by...
Category
Early 20th Century American Taxidermy
Materials
Silk, Glass, Wood
Vintage Stainless Steel Salesman Sample Kettle
Located in Dekalb, IL
Vintage jacketed kettle salesman sample.
Being under 10 inches tall makes this stainless steel salesman sample much easier to carry around than the 50 or 100-gallon tank it represen...
Category
Early 20th Century American Models and Miniatures
Materials
Stainless Steel
Early 20th Century John Broadwood
Sons Upright Piano Salesmans Sample
By John Broadwood
Sons
Located in Dekalb, IL
Early 1900s; John Broadwood & Sons - North Yorkshire, England
This piano salesman sample comes from one of the oldest continuous piano manufacturers in the world. Originally establi...
Category
Early 20th Century American Models and Miniatures
Materials
Brass
Late 19th Century French Cast Iron Salesman Sample Plow by Morcrette
Located in Dekalb, IL
1860s-70s; François Morcrette - Cugny, Aisne, France
Morcrette (sometimes spelled Morcrétté) was a blacksmith and plow manufacturer based in the small town of Cugny in the mid-to-la...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Models and Miniatures
Materials
Steel, Iron
Vintage Hobart Crescent Dishwasher Salesmans Sample
Located in Dekalb, IL
1930s; The Hobart Manufacturing Company - Troy, OH
Hobart was originally founded in 1897 by engineer Charles Hobart. When the company bought out The Crescent Washing Machine Company...
Category
Early 20th Century American Models and Miniatures
Materials
Brass, Steel
Antique Pennsylvania Railroad Stock Car Model
Located in Dekalb, IL
Antique handmade railroad stock car model.
As a model of the railroad cars designed to haul livestock like cattle, this exquisite replica delivers some remarkable details including ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Models and Miniatures
Materials
Tin
Diamond Tool and Horseshoe Company Product Display
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1930s/1940s; Diamond Tool Horseshoe Co. - Duluth, MN
Vintage horseshoe point-of-sale display.
This piece was used to advertise and showcase horseshoes made by Diamond Tool, esta...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Models and Miniatures
Materials
Aluminum, Iron
Vintage Columbia Bikes Framed Parts Display
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1920s/1930s; Columbia Bikes/The Westfield Manufacturing Co. - Westfield, MA
Antique historical bike parts wall-mounted display.
This piece serves as a salesman sample-type displ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Models and Miniatures
Materials
Steel
Vintage Salesman Sample Rip Saw with Conveyor Belt
Located in Dekalb, IL
Vintage (possibly verging on antique) German industrial salesman sample.
This piece, from an unknown manufacturer, is a scale model version of a rip saw and conveyor belt system. Th...
Category
Early 20th Century German Models and Miniatures
Materials
Aluminum, Iron
Pair of Framed Rolling Stones US Tour Posters
Located in Dekalb, IL
Two vintage original The Rolling Stones tour date posters.
These pieces come from two very different times; for both the Rolling Stones and the country. On the left is a 1964 tour p...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Paper
Vintage Salesman Sample Tire Vulcanizing Machine
Located in Dekalb, IL
Vintage tire manufacturing and repair machine salesman sample.
This piece would have been shopped around to various service stations and garages. Its purpose was to vulcanize tires,...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Models and Miniatures
Materials
Metal
c. 1899 NOS Complete Japanned Copper Dental Drill
Located in Dekalb, IL
This immaculate and incredibly rare piece of dental history originates from the office of Dr. Harry Wood - formerly located at 205 Huron Street in Berlin, WI. This complete dental drill set comes with everything - including the ornate japanned copper swing arm...
Category
Antique 1890s American Industrial Scientific Instruments
Materials
Copper
Massive Vintage Leather Camel
Located in Dekalb, IL
Large, leather-wrapped wooden camel.
This unique decorative piece is one for the books! Using realism, the designer accurately portrays a traditional Dromedary camel, a breed known ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Folk Art Taxidermy
Materials
Leather
Large Antique Framed Pillsbury
s Best Flour Sign
By Pillsbury Company 1
Located in Dekalb, IL
This large sign advertises for Pillsbury's Best Flour. The sign has brilliant red and green color with white lettering. This sign is divided into two sections down the middle and is ...
Category
Vintage 1920s North American Other Historical Memorabilia
Materials
Tin
