oldtimemainer said
Some kind of advertising, looks to be cloth, maybe felt. 13 1/2″ wide 10 1/2″ high. Sort of a tan background with green and black letters. hard to get a picture of, it shows reflections like a mirror. Is in a frame.![]()
It is a Winchester Counter-top Felt Advertisement. Winchester made a slue of different versions of it over the years. The reflection your seeing is from the glass of the picture frame of the camera flash. When I get a minute I post some images of what they look like. A while back I had posted on the forum a period photograph of one of these counter felts sitting inside a store. Can’t find that photo right this minute.
Winchester wasn’t the only company to make these type of counter top advertisements.
Sincerely,
Maverick
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Here are some of the various Winchester Counter Felts.
And here is an example of another manufacturer’s felt. I have seen these made by almost everybody from back in the pre-WWII time frame.
I couldn’t find that period photograph of one of these Winchester Felts sitting on a Hardware counter-top. I think I may have it on my work computer.
Thus far I’ve only seen one fake of these counter felts. And it was an obvious fake at that.
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Maverick
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If you would send me a PM as a reminder, so I can remember to look at my research on what I have so far. Otherwise I’ll just be guessing, plus I’m trying to get stuff ready for this weekend in Tulsa. So I’m currently in a different mind set.
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Maverick
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