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Posted 1 year ago
Lumpy
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Here are a few of my flat Figural Bottle Openers;
Pic #1. Calendar Girl, [Clothed], (also comes in a Nude, called Early Morn), is 2 3/4" long. Pat.# 44,226, to Harry L. Vaughan, owner of Vaughan Novelty, Chicago, Illinois, on June 17, 1913. The square hole is a Prest-O-Lite key, used to turn the valves of the gas lamps on the running boards on your auto. (JFO# A-4).
Pic #2. Fancy Lady's Boot, is 3 1/8" long. Pat. #42,306, to John L. Sommer, of J. L. Sommer Manufacturing Company, Newark, New Jersey, on March 12, 1912. (JFO# A-7).
Pic #3. Baseball Pitcher, with Prest-O-Lite key, is 3 1/8" long. Pat. #46,298, to John L. Sommer, on August 18, 1914. (JFO# A-9).
Pic. #4. Eagle, with bottle top, is 2 7/8" long. Pat. April 30, 1912, to C. T. & O. Co, Chicago. (JFO# A-70).
Not bad graphics on them, for being nearly a century old each.
I also find it interesting that you could use the Prest-O-Lite key to turn on the car lights, to drive home, after using the opener to open your beers......Don't try that today!
Thanks for looking,
Lumpy
Bottle OpenersBottle openers only became common kitchen items after the crown top (also c…
Wow, I never knew that you needed a seperate key for lights in cars that old. Now I wanna go look at an old box of keys I found in my Grandfathers closet. Thanks for information!
Thanks, BeauxPurdy. Gasoline fired lights on a moving auto, how safe is that!
I didn't know that either. Were there two gas tanks, one for lights and one for engine? I know nothing about cars as you can probably tell!
love it !!!!!!!!!! very cool!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for all the Love; Tommy1002, Belling68, walksoftly, BeauxPurdy.
I'll be posting some others soon.
Seeing this reminded me of an old box of openers I was saving for my Mom. I'll post some them. The JFO web site is great!
I have one too of the calendar girl, but mine has pepsi 5 cent on it. trying to get some information on it
Beaux, the lamps worked very similar to how a camping lantern works b pressurizing gas to create a flame, it's all very complex but the had there own fuel supply....they are commonly refered to as "Brass Cars"
memaw, post a picture of you opener....it might help the experts identify it for you.