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Ephemerald
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Registered: October 2018
Location: City of Lake Salt
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Jenneke wrote on Tue, 01 September 2020 14:18Ephemerald wrote on Tue, 01 September 2020 21:35
The company began in 1876. Was founded by Louis F. Grammes, Allentown, PA. They made an unbelievable amount of metal products
Metal, not paper? 
I have seen a patent somewhere for the nameplate, but where.
And yes please, show us more. Research or reference topic?
Yes, metal, but some of the "Met-a-label" ("metal print craft") were paperbacked to help them glue on. I've only inspected mine that have fallen off naturally, though, and there seems to be different thickness to the "foil" and purposes of the tiny tags, "pricesticker" (whatever you'd like to call them). Some fold, some stay on top...
You can not overestimate the amount of different products Grammes produced, from so small to big machines that made boxes, etc. They have patents for metal box making processes and techniques. I've looked at over 30 of their patents for matches for my Gruen stuff, none exact so far.
Cool I'll share more.
Yeah, I would *love* to see that patent.....
I'll get the date for this card too, I was always curious what watch it may be...
Matthias
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