Manufacturing collection
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Items from local manufactures collected by Kit Lane
1. Two yellow, glue-backed labels for Mrs Pendorf’s Gold and Silver Cleaner
– Made in Saugatuck Mich Box 627. Printed with a price of $1.00; one label has a new price of $3.50 added in red pen.
2. Two envelopes printed with "Real Joy Toy Co., Saugatuck Michigan"
3. Flyer from C &H Machine Company offering super steel cutting tools from your old or new cutting tools. Resized to meet your needs. - phone 45561
4. Brochure from Valleau Foundry and Factory Outlet at 3534 63rd Street Saugatuck, MI 49453
Replicas & Rarities Scones and candleholders, coin banks, toys, mirrors and frames, ship bells, paperweights, statuettes. Handcast brass and Pewterloy gift items from Victorian replicas and early American rarities to original heraldic creations. Quality brass and pewter reproductions of class designs are hallmarked at the Valleau Foundry.
Two product stickers – Valleau Solid Brass Saugatuck, Mich
5. Letterhead for Greene & Howard, manufacturers of bowling shirts, athletic lettering in felt, chenille and embroidery at 119 Butler St.
6. #10 envelope printed Broken Toe & Ouch R.R. Saugatuck, Michigan. (Cynthia Sorensen speculates this may be associated with entrepreneur Irving "Persh" Pershing.)
7. Letterhead for The Billy Lee Putter Co. Box 597 Saugatuck, Michigan, Telephone UL 7-2000 Bill Hamilton, Pres
8. Letterhead for Lakeland Industries, Division of Pershing Products Co., Saugatuck, MI, Boats, Marine Supplies and Equipment
9. Flyer for Polly Blocks by Lakeland Industries (Fun and easy to build and play with these gay blocks.)
10. Flyer for Polly Palooza Jr., Super colossal sponge with built-In bilge pump action - scrubs everything. Lakeland Industries, Division of Pershing Products Co.
11. Two flyers by Engineered Marine Products for Electronic Polarizer (a device to reduce electrolysis damage to metallic boat parts by polarizing shore power $95.95) and Aqua Co-ordinator (a device that will bring dock water into the boat's water system $69).
12. Hang tag from H.D. Hudson Manufacturing Company of Chicago extolling the virtues of unblemished apples from the Hudson Farm near Ganges, founded in 1862, because they are pruned, pampered and sprayed.

2021.18.97
Industry and manufacturing
varies
025 Saugatuck Douglas Commercial History
Greene & Howard CompanyPershing, Irving K. "Persh" 1914-1994Valleau Studio/Valleau Bros. DairyLakeland Industries Division of Pershing Products CompanyHamilton, BillH.D. Hudson Manufacturing CompanyHudson FarmsPendorf, Ellen Fern (Ball) 1907-1975
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