55: A RARE CHARLES P. SHIPLEY SADDLERY KANSAS CITY FOB

A good celluloid advertising fob. Obverse with 'Home of Good Harness, Saddles, and Shop Made Boots. Name stands for quality, catalogues sent free.' Reverse Chas. P. Shipley Saddlery & Mercantile Co., established 1885, 1627=31 Genesee Street, Kansas City, MO. Catalogue sent free.'
Background information from vintagegunleather.com: 'The new business was largely a success and location had a lot to do with that having put his Saddlery business across from the Armour Packaging Company at the mouth of the Kansas River in the West Bottoms area of Kansas City. The first location opened by Charles P. Shipley was on James Street and around 1910 the Saddlery was relocated to Genesse Street a few blocks away and directly across from the Livestock Exchange Building. The business locations chosen by Charles P. Shipley were a large part of the success of the Saddlery which was always within a stone's throw from the Kansas City Stockyards, where all of the working cowhands would have exposure to his business when bringing their herds into the Kansas City Stockyards.'
The business existed until 1972.
Measures 1.75 inches x 1.75 inches.
Very good condition.
$100 - $200