Book Truck

This book truck was given to us by Mrs. Relic's mother who is downsizing. She'd had it forever (?25 years?) and assumes she got at a library sale at some point. The three shelf oak book truck appears to be from the early 1900s. The small brass plate on the side reads "The Colson Company Elyria, Ohio U.S.A" and has a logo of an Eagle on a caster with the words "Colson Quiet Trucks"

[acq. 3/2/12 - $0]

One wheel on each end, two in the center.

The wheels are in rough shape - but work fine!

The trucks are bad ass.

Really hard to see logo of an eagle on a wheel with the words "Colson Quiet Trucks"
and then the words "The Colson Company Elyria, Ohio U.S.A"

Might be better view of the name plate.

Knitting Postcard

Antique postcard from Mrs. Relics' Mother. Mrs. Relic found it inside the cover of Tina Fey's Bossypants that she was borrowing from Mother. Turns out Mrs. Relics' Sister pulled it out of the albums full of antique postcards she's going to try to sell on Mother's behalf.
"I Have Many Yarns To Tell You About" on front the back has "Post Card." above divided: "This space may be used for correspondence" on the left and " The address only written here" on the right.
[acq. 1/27/12 - $0]

Copyrighted by R.L Wells, 1906
Of course, according to US copyright law everything before 1923 is public domain now.

Sikes Company Chair

This is an approximately 100 year old arm chair from The Sikes Company - Philadelphia, PA. We found this surprisingly underpriced at a shockingly overpriced thrift store.

[acq. 1/11 - $12.12]

We love the solid stance

The label is black and orange and says "The Sikes Company, Phila. Branch Philadelphia, PA."

There is a yellow stencil that appears to read "Birch Mahogany" and a large chalk "13"