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http://www.gerstnerforum.com/forumdisplay.php?28-George-Scherr-Wood-Tool-Chests-New-York-NYAmong the many businesses that have been at that address are
George D. Scherr CompanyIt's part of NY Chinatown now, but was an industrial/commercial neighborhood 60-100 years ago.
Lafayette Tool & Supply Company
Atlantic Gear Works
Edw(ard) R Ladew Company
Novelty Steel Rule Cutting Dies
Probably George D. Scherr company, circa 1935-1955. The monogram initials in the logo looks like GS to me, and the little that remains of the name at the top of the label could be George Scherr.
Entirely likely the actual manufacture of the box was out-sourced to some other company.
Thank you for any help you can provide. PleaseView attachment 209691View attachment 209692View attachment 209693View attachment 209694 see pictures.
I think that's (129-135 Lafayette on Howard) the building on the corner. Google Maps and Map Quest show 128 Lafayette in the middle of the block, with a very scruffy red-brick and advertising awning exterior.The building is a fine limestone loft that was built about 1911.
Sadly, that forum doesn't allow readers to look at any images without registering.
That link is fine, but the pics are MIA.... can;t see them, and they give a "not found". Maybe they were on Photobreakit.
From post 8.
I do not know where to get real "decals" of ANY sort these days.
People sell what they call "decals" now, but they are frauds of the worst kind. They are typically a sheet of sticky-backed plastic with the design printed on them. If you look up "decal" on wikipedia, these are referred to as "peel and stick" types. They look absolutely rotten on anything they are applied to. Horribly fake looking.
A real "decal" is different from that, it would be called a "water slide" type decal, in which the whole thing is screen-printed layer by layer on top of a water-base glue, which is applied to a backing. All the decals on old toolboxes, old engines, etc are of the "water slide" type. These are soaked briefly in water, then slid off the backing and onto the object to which it is to be applied.
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