Monday, December 10, 2012

My first hook from none other than Escondido, California.

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Los Angeles/Sacramento folder with shoe horn

Philadelphia Shoe Store shoe horn

This is a nice vintage 1910s shoe horn.

Los Angeles opener button hook combo

Here is an interesting Los Angeles opener with button hook.
Here is a typically small shirt button hook given away by mens' haberdasheries.

Monday, November 19, 2012

Thomas and Konawa, Okla. hooks

Don't see too many button hooks from either Oklahoma or Texas. But as luck would have it, two Oklahoma hooks were recently added to the collection.

Monday, October 15, 2012

Another shield folding hook and horn. From the Hotel Portland this time. A close up of the shield.
Washington State hook.
Two recent hooks from Montana.
A surprising third variant from San Francisco's Philadelphia Shoe Store was acquired quite recently for the collection.

Saturday, September 29, 2012

Here is the earliest variant of Sommer & Kaufmann that I've found, in the 1890s hook style.

Monday, August 20, 2012

From San Francisco to Los Angeles

A brochure from Summer & Kaufmann San Francisco
I believe this Los Angeles hook might well be a duplicate.
Pacific Northwest flood...

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Here finally is the third variant hook from C.H. Baker, a folder.

Saturday, May 12, 2012

Another Texas hook from San Antonio.
Here is a less often seen variant of the common C.H. Baker 3 cities button hook.

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Rocky Ford, Colorado hook

Interesting town in Colorado.

Wetherby-Kayser Shoe Co. Los Angeles

A nice 1890s vintage Los Angeles hook. Wetherby-Kayser Shoes.