Hub Gore Trade Card, Uncle Sam, 1893 World's Columbian Exposition

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GOLD MEDALAWARDED HUB G ORE ELASTIC FOR HIGHEST AKERS HO S HUB GORE MAKERS ELASTIC FOR SHOES ELASTIC HUB GORE UMBIAN JB HUB GORE CACO HIGHEST AWARD -TO- RE 893 COREMA SITION "Uncle Sam," the Wonderful Edison Talking Automaton at World's Fair, delivering 40.000 Avmatrong & Ca lih Bortor. Speeches during the Exhibition, about Highest Award, Gold Medal, Hub Gore. OVER SHOES TRADE MARK TRADE MAKERS MARK

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8 9 ** CE THIS PAIR OF CONGRESS SHOES IS WUR DOR INSURED TAK RETE WA BONGRESS Swat 18 CALLED "CONE" Against the ELASTIC SHRINKING, FABING, BAGGING, LOSING SHAPE, GETTING LOOSE, or WEARING OUT. This Elastic Gore is stamped with a Heart Trade Mark as chown in the above picture, and is the best in the World. It is called HUB GORE, and it costs the manufacturer an extra price. It is made only for FINE CONGRESS SHOES. Every piece is dated at the factory when made and insured for one and a half years from date by the following: INSURANCE CERTIFICATE. This insures to the wearer of these shoes perfect service of the Gore for ONE AND ONE HALF YEARS from date character in Trade Mark. If the Elastic faila, with fair usage, within eighteen months, send the shoes by express, at our expense, from any part of the United States, Canada, Mexico, West Indies, or Sandwich Is- tands, and we will insert now Gore in finest manner and return shoes free of expense. En bitness whereof, we have hereunte set our hands and seals this 15th day of December, 1888. Hub Gore Makers, Boston, Mass. Signed 9.9*** CO LO MAC90 # Hlbert Weerbert Prest GR Pago. Arad Treas 80HL &**800*3504CBA Z >x3> The vital part of a Congress Shoe is the Gore. When purchasing Con- gress Shoes always look for the Hub Gore Trade Mark inside the shoe. Beware of imitations. None genuine without the Heart Trade Mark. The name" Hub" is secured by Letters Patent. The dated Trade Mark is registered. Design of opened shoe showing Trade Mark is copyrighted. Inside of all INSURED Shoes you will find stamped upon the Elastic Gore this dated Heart Trade Mark. Explanatory Key to Date Characters in Trade Mark means Gore made in January, 1889, and war- ranted perfect until August, 1890. HUB GORE means Gore made in February, 1889, and war ranted perfect until September, 1890. means Gore made in March, 1889, and war- ranted perteot until October, 1890. TRADE MARK And so on through this line of date characters o in rotation. 09 HUB GORE is manufactured and insured by HUB CORE MAKERS, The largest manufacturers of fine Gore in America. The only manufacturers of Gore exclusively in the U.S. BOSTON, MASS. The sales of Hub Gore in this country are larger than the combined sales of all other fine Gores, domestic and foreign. WLUIS UTS U T S R Q P O N M L K J L J