Bowers Wallpaper Store yardstick

Object/Artifact

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Jefferson County Museum

Name/Title

Bowers Wallpaper Store yardstick

Entry/Object ID

1057

Description

Yardstick with the words BOWERS WALLPAPER STORE 25th Anniversary CHARLES TOWN, WEST VIRGINIA Tel. 486 stamped in red ink underneath the measurement portion in inches on one side and W. W. LAWRENCE & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF "TIGER BRAND" PAINT PRODUCTS PITTSBURGH, PA. stamped in red ink underneath the measurement portion in inches on the other side. C. Smith Mfg. Co., Xenia, Ohio stamped in black ink on both sides. Used for advertising and as complimentary gifts for customers. Bowers Wallpaper Store was located at 121 North Charles Street, Charles Town, and operated from the 1930s to the 1970s.

Acquisition

Accession

62

Source or Donor

Jefferson County Museum

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Material

Wood