Get a grip

  

front of Gripper (a)

 

 

back of Gripper (a)

 

front of Gripper (b)

 

back of Gripper (b)

The Scovill Brass Company started in 1802 in Watertown, Connecticut.  It acquired the Oakville Manufacturing Company of Oakville, Connecticut in December, 1923, making it a division of Scovill.  That division was closed in 1973.  The Scovill Company went through some business tribulations; in 2014 it became Morito Scovill Americas.

 

The chronological order of the packets is not certain; they are shown in the order they were found.

 

Some good advice

Some good advice here!

 

 

black border from scanning; original is 8 1/2 x 11 inches

 

This flyer offers some helpful advice:

 

DO NOT DUMP

INTO TOWER

 FLOOR STACK.

 

PUT IN-LINE

  WITH OFFICE. 

 

That sounds like good advice - for someone.  But who? And about what?

 

The numbers in the lower right corner ( 34-2002-9438-6  0264914.1 ) do not provide relief.

 

 

Security envelope polygons 2

Unlike the polygon security envelope pattern previously posted here,

 

Blue polygons

 

this polygon pattern does not seem to want to be mirrored and matched to create a bigger pattern.  Despite that hinderance, it is an interesting pattern.  

 

N.B. this pattern came from an envelope used by the same business that used the previously posted polygon pattern.

 

Addendum:  by doing a V flip and an overlay, it is possible to extend the pattern slightly in the vertical; nothing seems to inspire a further extension in the horizontal or vertical.

 

 

Just a flip and overlay

 

Maybe one of the readers can provide a way to extend this pattern?

Somebody else's sunset

 

Golden glow in the west

 

Somebody else's photo, of some place else's sunset, is their idea of a sunset.  It seems to be, but need not be, a vision from the past.

 

 

Molly Stark bed

The legendary Molly Stark was married to a Revolutionary War general whose truncated quote gave rise to a  state motto.

tag front

Her furniture inspired a whole collection; this tag for the inspired No. 2050D bed tells more.

tag back

The H.T. Cushman Manufacturing Company started in 1886 on Prospect Street in Bennington, Vermont.  They relocated to Water Street in 1892.  In 1933, they introduced the Cushman Colonial Creations line of furniture.  

From the tag, we read:

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"No. 2050D  -  Molly Stark Bed  -  The basic motif for the entire group is the decorative block front design on the drawer fronts.  The historical background for this design centers around several old pieces of furniture once said to be owned by the attractive wife of General John Stark of Revolutionary fame."

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The Cushman family sold the business to General Interiors Corporation in 1964.  In 1971, the  plant was sold to Green Mountain Furniture Company, who ceased operation in 1980.  General Interiors - who remained owner of the Cushman name - was sold to General Mills, Inc. and later to Maytag.

Security envelope blue diamonds

This envelope security pattern features diamonds on blue paper.

Those are tilted squares

The registration markers can be seen in the upper corners of the wings.

Security envelope stars

It was a pleasant surprise to find this envelope security pattern of four-pointed diamond-shaped polygons.   

 

Are 4 points a star?

 

The repeating pattern itself is very small; repeated it grows massively.

 

Security envelope patterns come in different patterns that .  Usually, they are small and tightly packed, covering the whole interior of the envelope to obfuscate the contents.