spara50 Posted March 2, 2019 Report Share Posted March 2, 2019 A cool letter from American Toy Marble Co. dated February 1899. From A.L. Dyke general manager. This letter is really unique in that it is marketing marbles for girls. The letter reads: Feb. 2, /99 Dear Sir:- We are writing you in reference to our new penny marble, in fancy colors, and of which we are sending you a sample via this email. This marble is bought largely by little girls to bounce on the walk. We call this marble our #7 Fancy colored bowler, packed in bags of fifty at $4.00 per M. A barrel will hold 60 bags. Would be pleased to have you give them a trial, Respectfully, American Marble & Toy Thought someone might enjoy seeing this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted March 2, 2019 Report Share Posted March 2, 2019 Wow! Love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Oregon Posted March 2, 2019 Report Share Posted March 2, 2019 Great item Craig - thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Posted March 3, 2019 Report Share Posted March 3, 2019 Sweet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvrons Posted March 4, 2019 Report Share Posted March 4, 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckEye Posted March 4, 2019 Report Share Posted March 4, 2019 Craig, Did you buy this letter? My buddy got the jobber list, I’ll try and post a pic of it. Maybe we can trade copies with each other? Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdesousa Posted March 5, 2019 Report Share Posted March 5, 2019 Nice! Wonder what a "#7 Fancy colored bowler" is? Did AMT have any colors other than blue and brown? What size is their #7? Thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuckEye Posted March 5, 2019 Report Share Posted March 5, 2019 Hansel, this letter came with a 2 page jobber list. Complete with types, sizes and prices. I’ll try and post better pics when it arrives. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted March 10, 2019 Report Share Posted March 10, 2019 Is the jobber list from the same date? Here are pics .... This one makes me cry. I hope it doesn't take away too much from the whole document. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted March 10, 2019 Report Share Posted March 10, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted March 10, 2019 Report Share Posted March 10, 2019 SPECIAL MARBLES MADE TO ORDER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godown Posted May 15, 2019 Report Share Posted May 15, 2019 Jan 1889 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted May 15, 2019 Report Share Posted May 15, 2019 So glad to hear business is good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godown Posted May 16, 2019 Report Share Posted May 16, 2019 Lol i believe it got to ten x the amount quoted above when business was really booming , pretty big employer in a not so large city in those days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lstmmrbls Posted May 19, 2019 Report Share Posted May 19, 2019 That #7 could have caused some damage! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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