Another one from NS...errr...Boston...

[romeo-1]

I found this a couple days ago here in Nova Scotia. I know it is a souvenir but what was it exactly and what is the prop looking thing on the bottom? Thanks.

 

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[Mainedigger]

Romeo...not sure what that thing at the bottom is but I did find this info on them copied from a 1907 paper ad.....

'Boston Representatlvyes of the House of KUPPENHEIMER
COMPLETE SHOWING OF NEW SPRING STYLES NOW READY
o4 TAILOR'S FIT GUARANTEED AT HALF THE TAILOR'S PRICE

 

[romeo-1]

I believe that Henry Seigel Co. was a department store in Boston...which doesn't explain the little doodad at the bottom of this piece or what this was. I'm thinking maybe a note pad

 

[Mackaydon]

A store of first class construction (escalators, elevators, etc.) opened for the Siegal Company in Boston on Sept. 11, 1905. This item may have been a memento promotional item as part of the store's opening.

Siegal also had stores in NYC and Washington D.C. The location of this (Boston) store was (block to block) Harrison, Essex, Washington and Hayward streets.

The thingamajig reminded me somewhat of a ship's capstan.

Source (beginning on page 171):http://books.google.com/books?id=pi...ts=Ajpa3TfvPy&sig=BWAzOIsc4ffC3mVe9_wIWVK96Pg

 

[romeo-1]

Identified by Joe G.

Brass case marked 1905 Souvenir Henry Siegel Co. Other side has design of maiden in a garden. Removing pencil opens note-pad and calendar

 

[PBK]

Nice work, Joe G.!

The thingamajig reminded me somewhat of a ship's capstan.

I believe it's a wagon hub. An old nickname for Boston, current in Henry Siegel's heyday, was "The Hub of the Universe."

 

[Mainedigger]

PBK...some people still call it the Hub....I heard it called that often when I lived near there.Nice job on the i.d. Joe G.!!!

 

[PBK]

PBK...some people still call it the Hub....I heard it called that often when I lived near there.

Thanks, MD! Must admit I'm not up to speed on contemporary Bostonian culture.

Have been to Boston, Arkansas and also spent a lot of time in the Boston Mountains of Arkansas— but nowhere near Massachusetts.

 

[Mainedigger]

PBK...some people still call it the Hub....I heard it called that often when I lived near there.

Thanks, MD! Must admit I'm not up to speed on contemporary Bostonian culture.

Have been to Boston, Arkansas and also spent a lot of time in the Boston Mountains of Arkansas— but nowhere near Massachusetts.

PBK...I was born in Boston....have lived in Maine for the last 22 years and don;t really miss Mass. much at all....