Here is an Illinois leather wallet, or card holder

one side of the open sides

...and the other side

an Illinois mainspring

The other side of the little envelope is still sealed after all these years.

Here is a Hampden ad

Here is a curious little watch insert of the calendar for the Columbian Expo. 1893

Here's the other side of the calendar

Waltham mainspring tin

This is the top of the tin

This Rockford ashtray is pretty beat up, but I feel sure it's not a reproduction

Here is the bottom.

Not a watch object, exactly, but interesting: an early Chicago and Alton Railroad pass.

Here's the obverse side.

Here is a later pass.

The obverse of this pass:

Waltham watchmaker's mainspring measuring gauge

Larry,
Now THAT is really interesting!

Nice item!

Lots of great stuff we got here.

Thank you everyone.

I have posted this one before, but it is my FAVORITE, but then again, anything Lissauer is Special to me.

This is what's inside.

That is really cool! I like the ad art from the 19th century. I heard some years back that someone found a cache of old Illinois Watch Co. advertising posters in a garage or some place and they were sold off in notime. I would have liked to have seen those.

Steve

It looks like your ashtray was of a Robert T. Green who was born in 1868 in Indiana, in the 1900 census he is listed as a jeweler & lived in Sims Indiana which is also in Grant county where the store was.

Tom

Thanks once again, Tom. Your information is always fascinating.

Postcard Lunch Hour at the Elgin National Watch Company factory 1929.

Sure have enjoyed everyones postings. You just don't see this kind of stuff every day. So I will share one of my favorites an Elgin Father Time watch repair sign.

Seth Thomas Watches card

Seth Thomas Watches card reverse side.

Keystone Watch Case Company advertising card, L. Walldorf, Rochester N.Y.

Keystone Watch Case Company advertising card reverse side.

Hamilton advertisement for No.4 Rigid Bow Case

Postcard of Elgin Building at 1939-40 New York's World Fair

Larry

Here is some info. on Walldorf if you are interested, it is from the 1881 city directory.

Also he was born about 1832 in Germany & in 1880 was married to Anna & they had a 3 sons & one daughter. Two sons were opticians & probably worked at dad's store.

Tom

Hamilton 4992B sweep second military pocket watch.

I really like that Hamilton ad. Did they sell those commercially after the war?
Anyhow, here is an Elgin stock certificate.