1890s BUTTON HOOK LOOP & ADVERTISING PIECE S B THING & CO SARATOGA /KINGSTON NY

Description

Up for auction is a wonderful antique lot containing of two great advertising items circa 1880s/90s from the S.B. THING & CO, Saratoga and Kingston, N.Y.. The first is an excellent button hook loop, used for lacing up shoes and boots of the time. It has "S.B. THING Saratoga N.Y." engraved on the loop section. The second is a wonderful advertising store card from the company's Kingston, NY location depicting a Hudson River pasture scene with cows, water,and mountains. On the reverse is a very nice list of items for sale with prices at the time. This is a fantastic lot from the period. In 1898 many of the S. B. Thing and Co. stores in the New York State area were purchased by a great Albany baron by the name of John W. Emery, then doing business as J. W. Emery INC. Emery was known as the "Albany Shoe Hustler "