Vintage Bullet Pencils: Live Stock and Holiday Advertisements - Set of 3

Description

Vintage Bullet Pencils: Live Stock and Holiday Advertisements - Set of 3
Presented for sale are
Vintage Bullet Pencils - Live Stock and Holiday 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-Bullet pencils were originally made from spent rifle cartridges in the early 19th century.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
-The body of the pencil is made of plastic
Pencil #1 and #2 read “Producers Live Stock Commission Co. Springfield stock yards
Phone ‘MAin' 5509 Member of National Live Stock Marketing Association
”
-These stockyards have now moved location, but are still within a few miles of Springfield. Featuring state of the art construction, they still host regular auctions of Hefers, bulls, and more.
#3 reads “Season’s Greetings F. Meyer & Bro Co. 1311 S Adams street Peoria Illinois For good furnace installation use handy furnace pipe
”
-The F. Meyer & Bro Co. was originally and hardware and furniture store, but is now home to multiple businesses, including Sous Chef Grocery, Videogenique and Soulside Healing Arts, among others
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
One producers Livestock
doesn
’
t have an eraser
Other 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 SA3
Smallest Manilla Envelope
_gsrx_vers_1469 (GS 9.1 (1469))