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THE AMERICAN WEIGH The Collection of Christopher K Steele
Chicago’s Art Deco Penny Scales
Ruth K Meyer
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Elevated train platform with scale behind waiting passenger c. 1942
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National Scale 1891
note acanthus leaf motif above the platform
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National Scale
“What you should weigh” chart in
scale window: early example of a
“lollipop” scale,
(a term used by collectors).
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Watling
Fortune Telling Mirror Scale
Model 18, c. 1923-29
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International Ticket Scale
Model A c. 1928
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Joseph Sinel designed step plate and brochure for International Ticket Scales
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International Ticket Scale
Deluxe Model S c. 1929
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Motion Picture Star Tickets for International Ticket Scales Image provided by Claus Borgelt
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Peerless Ticket Scale
Model SS c. 1930
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Hollywood Movie Star Tickets for Peerless Ticket Issuing Scales
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Chicago Scales in 1930s advertising
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Rock-ola Featuristic
c. 1931
Watling Junior Tom Thumb c.1933
Mills Modern Scale
c.1931
Pace Bantam
c. 1931 Jennings Jr.
c. 1932
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Mills Modern Scale
for Chicago World’s Fair
“A Century of Progress”
1933-34
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Watling Horoscope Scale
c. 1939-40
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Watling Horoscope Scale Marquee
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Mills Trylon “Scale of Tomorrow” designed by Chicagoan Everett Eckland
for the New York’s World’s Fair,
“The World of Tomorrow”
c. 1938-39
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Paul Drake from a Perry Mason TV Episode
originally broadcast from1957 to1966
Image provided by Jack Schafer