The Federal Overgaiter Company registered their trademark for Skippers felt shoes, 12/27/1920.
The nursery rhymes and pictures on the box were sure to appeal to children!
Series: Case Files for Registered Product Labels , 1874 - 1940
Record Group 241: Records of the Patent and Trademark Office, 1836 - 1978
Image description: A flattened box for Skippers felt shoes. Around the sides of the box are printed images of Jack and Jill and their water pail; on the top of the box were printed “Jack and Jill,” “Little Boy Blue,” the alphabet, and an addition chart.
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Letter from the State Department Regarding a Resolution to Amend the Constitution to Disallow Citizenship to “Persons of Asiatic Blood,” 12/13/1920
The letter notes that it would be up to Congress to initiate and support such legislation, but points out that the effect of such a policy would unite Asian countries together against the United States.
File Unit: Papers Supporting Specific Bills and Resolutions from the 66th Congress, 1919 - 1921
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No Taxation Without Representation, 11/20/1920
Image description: The lack of representation in Congress was a long-standing issue with citizens of the District of Columbia, particularly when DC citizens paid substantial amounts of federal income taxes. Cartoonist Clifford Berryman relies on his familiar character, Mr. DC, to raise anew the issue of lack of representation. Holding a paper outlining how the District compares with other states in paying income taxes, Mr. DC notes “they called it ‘tyranny’ in 1776.” His paper reads: “D.C. beats 28 states in federal income taxes / Disfranchised Washington paid $8,669,100 in 1918 / A million more than the total of five states / And yet the District is not represented in the tax-levying Congress”
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Seamen’s Identification Card for Thomas R. Allen, 11/18/1920
These tiny flat staples are so tenacious and so hard to remove. My least favorite staple.
Series: Seamen’s Identification Cards, 1917 - 1922
Record Group 41: Records of the Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation, 1774 - 1982
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Norris Old Fashioned Peanut Brittle, 10/30/1920
Series: Case Files for Registered Product Labels , 1874 - 1940
Record Group 241: Records of the Patent and Trademark Office, 1836 - 1978
Image Description: A circular label with an image of a woman and man in Colonial attire sitting on a couch. The man is embracing the woman and holding her hand; the woman is holding her other hand to her heart and looking down and away from the man. Text reads “NORRIS / ATLANTA / EXQUISITE / CANDIES” and “OLD FASHIONED / PEANUT BRITTLE / ONE POUND NET / COPYRIGHTED 1920”
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Application by World War I musician Herman O. Myre for admission into Battle Mountain Sanitarium, 10/15/1920
File Unit: Case file of Herman O. Myre, 1920 - 1923
Series: Sample Case Files of Members, 1907 - 1934
Record Group 15: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773 - 2007
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Label for Mason’s Nut Malobar, trademark registered 10/12/1920.
Series: Case Files for Registered Product Labels , 1874 - 1940
Record Group 241: Records of the Patent and Trademark Office, 1836 - 1978
Image description: A deep blue label with an image of two white swans swimming on water, with willow branches and pink, five-petaled flowers. Text reads, “CHOCOLATE MARSHMALLOW / Mason’s / NUT / WALNUT, PECAN, ALMOND / MALOBAR / With the BITTER SWEET FLAVOR”
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