Tarnished chrome soap dispenser
Signs like this were used to draw customers to specialized mechanical services as automotive A/C units became increasingly common in mid-century America
Along the back is a handle used by the merchant in a tactic to "offer" the box of cigars forward enticingly
Embossed brass spittoon advertising Redskin Brand Chewing Tobacco - Cut Plug
Early 20th C. "Hub City" Feed Cutter Wooden Sign by Albrecht, Fuchs & Thurmann World War 2 Tarnished chrome soap dispenserc. 1900 1920; Albrecht, Fuchs & Thurmann Plymouth, Wisconsin Painted wooden housing from a "City Feed Cutter," prominently lettered "CITY FEED CUTTER MNFG'D. BY: ALBRECHT, FUCHS & THURMANN, PLYMOUTH, WIS." Constructed in a distinctive semi circular form with hand painted blue lettering and red pinstriping, the piece originally served as the protective outer housing for a manually or belt operated livestock feed cutter used to chop hay, fodder, and