A real nice historical old Ball's
20th Century Model Railroad Standard Watches advertising wallet,the other side advertising jeweler E.H.Flach of St.Thomas Ontario ,official timekeeper of the Pere Marquette Railroad,and a Ball agent.

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Neat!! Looks to be in really great shape.

Congrats

Hello Tom:

Nice example of a Ball wallet made for the Canadian market, these wallets are larger than their US counterparts. And have Winnipeg only on the cover. Here is one from my collection.

Larry

My example is from Alberta, marked D.E. Black & Co. Jewelers C.N.R.-C.P.R. Watch Inspectors Calgary

This wallet covers Cleveland, Chicago, San Francisco and Winnipeg. There is no jeweler marking.

John:

This would be an example of the one I referred to earlier, being smaller size. Here is a later one I believe from a jeweler in Joliet, Illinois it has no cities mentioned, probably after all operations were consolidated in Chicago.

National Jewelers

Here is another one from Canada, in a lighter brown leather.

It is marked:

Henry Birks and Sons Ltd.
C.P.R. Watch Inspectors
Calgary, Alta.

Henry Birks came from England and established his business in Montréal, Québec, in the 1930s he expanded his operations buying out many jewelers across Canada including DR Dingwall of Winnipeg, Manitoba and DE Black of Calgary, Alberta. I date this watch inspection card holder to the 1940s, as it was given to me from a locomotive engineer I used to work with he hired out in 1942.

Larry

Larry,

Got to love it and be jealous of your ephemera!

thanks for sharing,

Thanks Bill, it's been fun collecting these treasures, now if only I could find a Ball BLF&E celluloid pin back.