$12.50 CAD
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Nice pamphlet with images for variety of weather vanes…witch, horse, dog, etc… On back cover, full page advertising for the ‘New 3-Point Perfect Rotary Lawn Sprinkler’.
Stamped at bottom by seller 'E.G. Washburne & CO, 207 Fulton St. New York.'
Undated
Vertical fold. Some smudges.
10 ⅞” x 8 ⅜”
“…In New York City, there was a large listing for E.G. Washburne & Co. - Since 1853 at 207 Fulton Street. I went there. It was a 3 story building, with a delicatessen on the 1st floor; I walked up a long flight of steps to the 2nd floor, knocked on the door, and met Charlie Kessler. Charlie had worked for E.G. Washburne, the son of the founder Isaiah Washburne. Weathervanes, lightning rods, flagpole eagles, and flagpole balls were their products going back to 1853. In 1955, the Washburne company was a partnership of 2 women: Marie Kessler - Charlie’s wife, and Mildred Doty - E.G. Washburn’s daughter. Charlie, in his early 70’s was the chief cook and bottle washer, now making vanes and flagpole finials for their customers all over the USA…”
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