Round Oak Collection : The museum's Round Oak Collection online
Description:
Three—piece Round Oak store display for range.
.0001a: 59"W x 4.25"H curved cardboard sign with bands of yellow, red and blue in background with "Round Oak" centered in script lettering.
.0001b: Cardboard sign 54"H at left, 21"W at right. On yellow "Pillar" are drawings of Indian bowls, arrows, etc. On curved sign at right is "Modernize with a Round Oak/full porcelain finish/...battleship construction...." At the lower edge of sign are the words: "A 67 year reputation for service."
.0001c: Cardboard sign 54"H on right, 24"W curve sign at left. On "pillar" at right are drawings of Indian pipe, headdress, etc. On the curved sign on the left is a drawing of two male Indians, one standing and pointing at something to his left, in a birchbark canoe which has a bunch of cattails in the prow. On the side of the canoe is "Doe—Wah—Jack." Above this drawing is printed: "Leadership in/stoves/ranges/furnaces/oil burners/air conditioning"
Date:
c. 1938
Notes:
Round Oak store display for range purchased by donor 25 yeas ago from Bob Sanders, a stove collector
Object ID:
2007—0017.0001a,b,c
Object Name:
Piece, Display
People:
Haines, Leland
Search Terms:
Round Oak
Leland Haines