Antique Bowser Salesman Sample Gas Pump Austria housing the actual newspaper within

housing the actual newspaper within

This item is one of any number of vintage "white label" items: pre-manufactured items that could be easily customized to fit the clients who are buying them

This piece is part of the Dunlap line of products sold through Sears beginning in the late 1930s

MM - 8299 - 032124

This piano salesman sample comes from one of the oldest continuous piano manufacturers in the world

Antique Bowser Salesman Sample Gas Pump Austria housing the actual newspaper withinc. 1910s; S. F. Bowser & Co. Fort Wayne, IN Nickel plated salesman sample of a single cylinder vertical gas pump with boiler base. This detailed miniature was crafted as a traveling sales tool for Bowser's early gasoline pump line, allowing representatives to demonstrate key engineering features without transporting full scale equipment. The vertical cylinder mimics the action of a real pump, while the integrated riveted boiler base and flanged frame