1939 Dayton Ohio Stanley Metal Perfume Bottle Seal / Label Co THREE booklet set-

Description: Check it out...Here's an unusual set / lot of 3 (THREE!) different @ 9" tall by 6" wide multi-page booklets from the Dayton Seal Company back the 1939- The company made embossed metal seals / labels for perfume bottles back in the day (See info below)-Each colorful cover features a cartoon image of a seal mascot and reads: "The Stanley Seal" on the front-Dated Feb. 1939, May 1939, & Dec/Jan. 1939-1940-Has lots of info about the company geared towards employees including articles about the bowling team and other factory stuff inside-Shows usual, expected cover wear consistent with age and normal use-A great VINTAGE item ready for display! Truly a great vintage item! Postage information is listed at the bottom-$ 8.95 postage is required. 1939 Dayton Ohio Stanley Metal Perfume Bottle Seal / Label Co THREE booklet set- Click images to enlarge Description Check it out...Here's an unusual set / lot of 3 (THREE!) different @ 9" tall by 6" wide multi-page booklets from the Dayton Seal Company back the 1939- The company made embossed metal seals / labels for perfume bottles back in the day (See info below)-Each colorful cover features a cartoon image of a seal mascot and reads: "The Stanley Seal" on the front-Dated Feb. 1939, May 1939, & Dec/Jan. 1939-1940-Has lots of info about the company geared towards employees including articles about the bowling team and other factory stuff inside-Shows usual, expected cover wear consistent with age and normal use-A great VINTAGE item ready for display! Here's some info on the company: The Stanley Manufacturing Company of Dayton, Ohio was a manufacturer of metal seals that were used to decorate perfume and cosmetics bottles throughout the 1920s. The origins of the company began with an English immigrant named Nathan Myer Stanley, who set up business as an optometrist in Dayton in about 1889. In thinking about how he might better advertise his services he conceived of an idea of producing brass or copper seals which he could stick to various objects such as glasses cases. In 1910 he was granted a patent for a unique method of attaching these seals. Essentially the seals, which were produced in a long roll, had an adhesive layer applied during the manufacturing process which made it easy to stick them to almost any material. Having created The Stanley Manufacturing Company in 1911, with the sole purpose of manufacturing metal seals for his optometry business, Nathan Stanley would have been surprised about how quickly his little idea caught on. Within a few years he had to make a choice about whether to run the new company full time or to continue with his optometry business and Optometry won. But he did pass the management of The Stanley Manufacturing Company to his eldest son, George. In fact, it was under George’s leadership that the manufacture of seals expanded into the growing cosmetics market. While the first seals were simply the initials of prospective customers it soon became clear that there was a much wider application. The rapidly expanding cosmetics industry, after the end of World War I, meant that there were real opportunities in the packaging of new products. Cosmetics businesses, as well as perfumers, were desperate to produce distinctive-looking products and the application of a uniquely designed metal seal, cast in relief added a quality dimension that was very appealing. There was something attractive and substantial about these little seals and being made of soft metal such as copper or brass, the detail of the cast design could be displayed very accurately. Furthermore, the Stanley process made it cheap and easy to produce these seals which, when stuck to a cosmetics container or perfume bottle, added a luxurious finishing touch particularly when used on standard bottle or jar designs. By 1923, in a gushing trade article, it was reported that;”…in a decade it has emerged from an idea to become an internationally famous source of metal seals and labels for the perfumery, toiletry and other trades, continually advancing under the clever and sagacious guidance of George F Stanley,…”. Actually, this hype seemed to be true because in 1920 a new factory had to be built to meet the demand which, by 1923, was reported as 50 million labels a year and rising! Interestingly, the demand for Stanley labels was not confined to the US but there was a worldwide demand, including from French perfume houses. This had become a big business with 250 employees including 60 women whose job it was to hand-tint individual seals. 1923 was also the year in which the company started making metal medallions which could form the main decoration for vanity cases. There is some evidence that a stick on seal was tried on a brass case for a face powder product made by the American Products Company - another Ohio-base business but this was not successful probably because cases were portable and stick on labels simply came off. An alternative was a more robust, cast medallion that would be physically attached to the vanity case rather than being just stuck on. Again, and for a number of possible reasons, this venture was not as successful as the stick-on seals for other cosmetics containers. Whether the manufacturing process was too expensive or whether women simply did not like this form of decoration, the result was that very few cosmetics companies used these decorative medallions. Three, possibly four, examples are known, including; the arcanely named Haut Ton face powder made by The Continental Drug Corporation, Crown Chemical’s Boncilla products and The American Products Company’s La Bara cosmetics line. All three were fitted to cases made by the Pallas Manufacturing Company. The fourth possible medallion was used on early Dorothy Gray compact cases although the case was made by the Zinn Corporation rather than Pallas. I suspect that it was The Stanley Company that actually assembled these cases with their medallions for each customer order and it was probably Stanley’s attempt to become more than a metal seal manufacturer – but an attempt that failed. Once the fad for metal seals had dissipated Stanley turned its energy to other applications and many may remember them used for Christmas seals and other similar uses. The name Stanley Manufacturing still continues, however and the business is still essentially the same except it is now based in Canada. Truly a great vintage item! Postage information is listed at the bottom-$ 8.95 postage is required. Payment We accept Paypal payments. Shipping We will try and combine shipping on multiple purchases wherever possible. Please e-mail us with auction item numbers before sending payment. However, if the items are heavy or require special packing / tracking, the postal rates might not be significantly reduced. We no longer ship overseas first class mail. 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Location: Noblesville, Indiana

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