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