Wooden ruler of 5-inch length, natural finish, printed both sides. On front side, at left, above the inches scale is "CORKS / OF ALL KINDS"; at middle is "M.W. WARREN & CO., / LANCASTER, PA."; at right is "TRY OUR XXX QUALITY. / THE BEST." Reverse side is divided roughly in half, left side is printed "U. S. STANDARD / "DIAMETER" / CORK MEASURE" and at right is "M W. Warren & Co. / CORKS. / Manufacturers. LANCASTER, PA."
Marshall W. Warren ran a cork business at 617-19 N. Lime St., Lancaster.
Wooden-handled paper fan with printed scene of young children reenacting Washington's crossing of the Delaware River. On reverse printed, "M. T. Garvin 29-37 E. King St. Lancaster, PA / Four Score and Ten years / the department store for thrifty people / Garvins sell for cash to bring you the greater savings /; Phone 8286"
Printing block from the American Seed Company. Metal block mounted on wood, "Third or Fourth class order/American Seed Co. Inc/Lancaster Pennsylvania/the Big Seed House/Return Requested/For"
Metal printing block from American Seed Co. mounted on wood. Repeating grids all titled "Remarks Order," columns titled: "DATE, DR, CR, Date Premium, Date Sent"
Metal printing block mounted on wood from the American Seed Company. Repeats text "Order/American Seed Co., Inc./ Lancaster, Pennsylvania/ "The Big Seed House"/ Contents Merchandise - Postmaster: this parcel may/ be opened for Postal Inspection if neccessary/Return Postage Guaranteed/ For"
Metal printing block mounted on wood from teh American SPecialty Company. Repeating text: "order/American Specialty Co./ Lancaster, Pennsylvania/contents Merchandise - Postmaster: this parcel may/be opened for Postal Inspection if neccessary/ Return Postage Guaranteed For:"
Metal printing plate for promotional material, advertising garden seeds. Includes health benefits and developmental benefits for children. Plate has a greenish cast, possiby indicating a copper component in the alloy.
Metal printing plate for advertisment, with text: "Raise money for your group with fast selling American seeds." and line images of dollar signs growing on plants.
The plate consists of three layers of metal: white on printing surface, copper in center, and white metal on the back.
