Folding button hook advertising Anderson's Shoe Store, c. 1920

Name/Title

Folding button hook advertising Anderson's Shoe Store, c. 1920

Entry/Object ID

2011.50.2

Description

ACC. NO. 11.50.2 SUBJECT CATEGORY: BUSINESSES, SHOE STORE DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1920 OBJECT: BUTTON HOOK DESCRIPTION: AN ADVERTISING BUTTON HOOK OF NICKEL-PLATED METAL. IT HAS AN UNUSUAL FOLDING HANDLE. HANDLE HAS EMBOSSED LETTERING, STATING "U S PATENT, ROGER A SIMON & SON, CHICAGO." HISTORY OF OBJECT: A FOLDING BUTTON HOOK ADVERTISING ANDERSON'S SHOE STORE, ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA. DONOR: SUZIE JALENKO CATALOGED: SEPTEMBER 3, 2011