IVORY SALT INK BLOTTER DANCING ELEPHANT HOLDS SALT SHAKER~WORCESTER SALT CO
ADVERTISING INK BLOTTER. IVORY SALT MANUFACTURED BY THE WORCESTER SALT CO. GREY ELEPHANT. SIZE: 8 1/4” x 3 7/8”.
ADVERTISING INK BLOTTER. IVORY SALT MANUFACTURED BY THE WORCESTER SALT CO. GREY ELEPHANT. SIZE: 8 1/4” x 3 7/8”.
ADVERTISING INK BLOTTER THE RADCLIFFE SHOE FOR WOMENOCTOBER 1901 CALENDAR SAWYER BOOT & SHOE CO. BANGOR, MAINE International bidders are welcome but remember that shipping costs will be higher. Multiple purchases made at the same time will be combined for one shipping cost ONLY WHEN PAID FOR WITH THE SAME TRANSACTION.PLEASE WAIT FOR OUR INVOICE BEFORE MAKING PAYMENT IN ORDER TO GET THE SHIPPING DISCOUNT. Postage cost reflects the USPS yearly raised rates. </</<
I believe this ink blotter to be from the late 1940s.
My research indicates that this agency was in existence from the 1920s until the 1970s. It has a 3 month calendar which features the month of October, 1951 flanked on either side by slightly smaller calendars for September and November, 1951.
(NOTE: The year is not printed on the blotter. Therefore, the 10th annual event would have occurred in 1953.). The blotter proudly announces Per the Wikipedia, the IBS (which has recently also been coordinated to coincide with the national Kitchen and Bath Industry Show and even with the National Hardware Show) has attracted upwards of 110,000 attendees and 2,200 vendors, occupying over 1 million square feet of exhibit space.
They created engravings and electrotypes, one shown on front. Blotter advertising the PENN ENGRAVING CO. OF READING, PA, PRINTERS. Unused with age wear.