Vtg Bullet Pencils: Harry C Daniels Livestock Commission Advertisements-Set of 2

Description

Vtg Bullet Pencils: Harry C Daniels Livestock Commission Advertisements-Set of 2
Presented for sale are
Vintage Bullet Pencils -2 Harry C. Daniels Livestock Commission 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-Bullet pencils were originally made from spent rifle cartridges in the early 19th century.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
-We could only get one of the caps off, don’t know if the other one has a pencil or not
Both pencils read  "Harry C. Daniels & Co. Bonded, but Reliable Without it. Live Stock Commission Merchants-Cattle Hogs Sheep National Stock Yards, ILL.-Phones: Office, East 4260; Res. East 7795"
-Still in business, the Live Stock Commission operates as part of the farming industry, and, among other things, they handle
Specialty Animal Sales, Farm sales, and grade and yield auctions
Measurements:
Each measures approximately 3 1/2”
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
-We could only get one of the caps off, don
’
t know if the other one has a pencil or not
Shipping
will be a flat rate via USPS First Class Mail
No International Shipping. US Stateside Shipping Only.
Room
406 A2 SA2
Smallest Manilla Envelope
_gsrx_vers_1469 (GS 9.1 (1469))