Vintage Bullet Pencils: Bowles, Woodson and Leahy Advertisements - Set of 3

Description

Vintage Bullet Pencils: Bowles, Woodson and Leahy Advertisements - Set of 3
Presented for sale are
Vintage Bullet Pencils -Bowles, Woodson and Leahy Advertisements
Description:
-Bullet pencils were originally made from spent rifle cartridges in the early 19th century.
-Cartridges were collected off the battlefield, cleaned up, and manufactured into cheap writing instruments
-Around 1914 they switched from their original mechanical pencil type to the short “regular” pencil
-The United States began making their own version in the 1930s and continued through the 1950s.
-However, manufacturers used pieces of aluminum, brass, or other metals into a bullet shape rather than using an real bullet casing
-We couldn’t get one of the “bullets” uncapped
-One of the pencils has a plastic cap, rather than metal
-The body of the pencil is made of plastic
-Each pencil advertises a different stock yard, all three companies are members of the livestock commission
-Still in business, the Commission operates as part of the farming industry, and, among other things, they handle
Specialty Animal Sales, Farm sales, and grade and yield auctions
Pencil #1 reads “Tim A Leahy & F. I. Ladage live stock commission co. -Springfield Stock Yards Tim A Leahy, 1601 So  6th St. Springfield, Ill. Phone 4370 -F. I. Ladage, Divernon 49F13 -For information Call At Our Expense-Office Phone Springfield 2-3831
#2 reads “Woodson Fennewald Live Stock Com Co- National Stock Yards, ILL. Our Motto: “Giving Satisfaction With Personal
Service”
#3 reads “John Bowles & Co. -Sell Cattle, Hogs and Sheep at national stock yards, Ill. -
Office phone Bridge 1345 -Res. Phone Forest 2937"
Measurements:
Each measures 3 1/2
”
to 3 3/4
”
depending on how much the eraser was worn down
Condition:
Normal wear and tear from age
Pencil still works
Erasers
will smudge, too old to work properly
Shipping
will be a flat rate via USPS First Class Mail
No International Shipping. US Stateside Shipping Only.
Room
406 A2 SA5
Smallest Manilla Envelope
_gsrx_vers_1469 (GS 9.1 (1469))