AMS67(Please use this number referring to this item)
Item Description:
This button hook measures 5 1/2" long, the advertising top is 2" high x 3/4" wide. The advertising is for "W. L. Douglas Shoe Company". As you can see in my photos, it does show some darkening age wear spots, otherwise it is in very good condition. The reverse side is plain. Free shipping with delivery confirmation.
The information I can find about it is: The W.L. Douglas Shoe Company, which boomed becoming a major employer in Brockton, Massachusetts, was founded by William Lewis Douglas, (born in 1845, died in 1924) who became Governor of Massachusetts.
The shoe company began in 1876. The factory was able to manufacture 20,000 pairs of shoes per day, which supplied W.L. Douglas Shoe Stores in seventy-eight cities.
High buttoned boots were the fashion in the late 1800's and button hooks became a necessity for fashionable women of the day.
The advertising button hooks were handed out to customers in hopes that they would return again.
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