PLEASE READ BEFORE BUYING: I sell ORIGINAL items ONLY and NOT ANY reproductions.

This sale is for ONE

ADVERTISING LETTERHEAD

from

REPUBLIC PAINT & LEAD

PAINT MAKERS & LEAD CORRODERS

Located in

CLEVELAND, OHIO

In the year of 1917 

The letter was sent to

DOZIER WHOLESALE GROCERIES

in Marion Alabama

The printing company is:

OTIS LITHO, CLEVELAND OHIO

History notes from online:

Product Line: Despite the name of the company suggesting a focus on "Paint and Lead," the company specialized heavily in industrial coatings, general lubricating oils, greases, and automotive fluids. One of their highly advertised flagship products during this era was "Paramount Auto Oil".  

During the mid-to-late 1910s, Republic Paint & Lead Works aggressively built a direct-to-consumer and business-to-business sales force. They placed ads across newspapers nationwide seeking "bright young men" and local representatives to sell their guaranteed lines directly to automobile owners, farmers and factory operations. By the 1920's the company became unstable. The company's assets, brand name, formulas, and intellectual properties were bought out of receivership by The Klein Manufacturing Company, another prominent industrial paint and roof coating producer located in Cleveland Ohio. 

Condition: The item is generally ok. It does have discoloration in the top margin with a small hole as shown in images. Slight toning right margin and a small bend lower right corner.  condition with some flaws at the upper margin paper tear. There are two punch holes top margin. The Ebay tag is loose and not part of the sale.

The approximate size of this letterhead is 8 ½” x 11”

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