A trio of Texas hooks

This nice rusted Houston hook came with a generic shoe horn:



Close up of Dallas folding hook:

A Trio of Denver, Colorado hooks

South Dakota a couple new ones

From Tripp and Canton, So. Dak. ...really tough to find any information on either company.

Oklahoma hook Enid, OK

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.

Modesto hook

Hard to keep up with all the new hooks coming in.

Los Angeles button hook/cigar cutter/bottle opener combo

No end to the variations in design for button hooks, including combination devices such as this one. These combo hooks seem mostly to hail from the Mid-West or back east. I believe I have one - possibly two - other combo hooks from the Western States.

Kast's Shoes San Francisco & Oakland

Been a while since I posted a new San Francisco hook. Found this kind of by chance just today. This company produced numerous Victorian trade cards advertising their place of business, but this is the first hook I've come across in my search.

Folding Montrose, South Dakota hook

Tree Brand Shoes...?







photo and information courtesy of Roger Berke, Montrose, South Dakota:
Charlie W. Zimmerman in his store where Bank is now. Taken 1907 – 1909. Note from Ellen: If I remember he was missing a hand. That’s why he stands like he does.

1900 Census…. Charles W. Zimmerman is listed as farmer. Lives in Montrose.
1910 Census ---- Charles W. Zimmerman age 42 (1868), wife Theresa age 37 (1873), Children Ruth age 16, (1894) Ida age 14 (1896), Margaret age 11 (1899) and Ella age 9, (1901). Occupation listed as Dry Goods Store.
1920 Census - Charles W. Zimmerman age 52 (1868), wife Theresa age 47 (1873), Children Ida age 24 (1896), Margaret age 21 (1899) and Ella age 19, (1901). Occupation listed as Retail Merchant - Retail Store.

too many to list

Sorry computer issues remain sketchy at best. However dozens of button hooks have been added to the collection the past six months. Computer issues remained up in the air for months and now serious medical issues have again added a lack of time to posting updates.

won a "lot of 5" on ebay including South Dakota hook

Arend Bros. Emery So. Dak.

internet meltdown

Sorry to all my non-existent followers. Computer blew up and the internet has been sporadically accessed at best. New hooks are still coming in to the collection. Will try to post as soon as I've got things back up and running. Unable to post any pics so I will wait until I can update with photos.

Ralston, OK hook

Another large Queen Quality Shoes hook, this time from Ralston, Oklahoma.

try finding one of these

I won this advertising boot pull about a year ago. This is the only advertising boot pull I've seen so far. I'd estimate there are about a thousand advert hooks for every advert pull out there.

lot of 3 hooks: 2 Nevada Hooks + one junker

Expanding the small Nevada portion of my collection. Had to bid these up during the last hour or so of the auction.

several new hooks won