Chicago Tailoring Company Watch Fob

[Denton Clinton]

Can anybody give me info on this watch fob? I googled it but got no results. It was found on a residential permission at a 1940’s house in Denton, TX.

 

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[DizzyDigger]

Try "chicago tailoring company" including the quotes. Found quite a bit about their
catalogs, etc.

 

[Oldrvrrat57]

Nice watch fob! Don't remember seeing one posted on here.

 

[pepperj]

Try "chicago tailoring company" including the quotes. Found quite a bit about their
catalogs, etc.

I thought you were going to provide a link.😁
Nice fob congrats 👏

 

[Red-Coat]

There’s one here, from an eBay seller, so I wouldn’t rely on what is claimed but, if you have a WorthPoint subscription, that might at least tell you what it sold for.

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/civil-war-eagle-head-watch-fob-1876013415

I very much doubt it to be Civil War era. The closest Chicago trade directory I have is for 1867 and the company isn’t listed. Nor in the 1886 directory.

This seller has a hanging paper advertisement sign for the company, said to be “dated 1906” which isn’t quite true.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/334757172137

Zooming in, what it actually says it that it’s derived “from painting copyright 1906 by the International Art Pub. Co. New York”, so the actual advertisement itself could be a bit later.

I found a salesman’s sample book for the company which is reliably dated as “Fall and Winter 1914-15” above the name and (if you zoom in) the address is given below the name as 225-229 So. Market St.

 

[DizzyDigger]

I thought you were going to provide a link.😁

What? You expect me to do all the work?