Older style Los Angeles hook

From the 1909 Los Angeles City Directory:

Fit-Eeze SF hook

The earliest listing I could find for Fit-Eeze shoes in San Francisco was in the 1909 City Directory.

SF hook variant two-sided

The Three Rules Denver, Colo. hook

Clothing store at Broadway and Archer Streets in Denver, Colorado with brick corbeling and the signs: "Three Rules." circa 1900 - 1910
[picture and information courtesy of www.digital.denverlibrary.org]

South Omaha, Nebraska hook

I ended up with a couple of different Wahoo, Nebraska hooks (long story) so from time to time I pick up a Nebraska hook.

Denver hook variant on the way

This is a variant of a hook I came across a while ago. See this entry for comparison:
http://californiabuttonhooks.blogspot.com/2011/01/another-denver-hook-on-way.html





View of the Fontius Shoe Store at 834-836 16th Street (Symes Building) in Denver, Colorado; shows shoes in window displays; second floor business, African Ostrich Feather Company, displays hats in windows. Circa 1911 - 1917 (courtesy digital.denverlibrary.org)

Dos Palos, California folding hook

another Montana hook

Spokane hook

Coalinga hook

Haliburton & Martin Coalinga
Originally no more than a stop on the Southern Pacific Railroad known as "Coaling Station A" -- shortened to "Coaling A".

Delta, Colorado hook

Actually a good number of hooks hail from Colorado compared to other Western States such as Arizona, New Mexico or Utah.