Lot 020 - Vintage Cyclone Twister Five Cent Cigar Cardboard Advertising Sign with Tornado Graphics, Copyright 1928 by Martin L. Richards, the M.L. Richards Co., Dallas, Texas, 9" W x 11" H

Lot 020 - Vintage Cyclone Twister Five Cent Cigar Cardboard Advertising Sign with Tornado Graphics, Copyright 1928 by Martin L. Richards, the M.L. Richards Co., Dallas, Texas, 9" W x 11" HCardboard countertop advertising sign for Cyclone Twister cigars, priced at five cents. The central graphic depicts a tornado touching down across a landscape, with a twisted cigar in the foreground and the tagline "Looks Crooked But Smokes Straight." Copyright 1928 by Martin L. Richards, with The M. L. Richards Co., Dallas, Texas noted as sole agents. The sign shows surface scratches, scuffs, creasing, and graphic loss concentrated along the edges

trench warfare

with wear to leather

but I cannot make out the signature

Handwritten note on verso references visits and local friends

Bjorklund and "The Untying Silk" instructions from Holden's Magic Shops with locations in New York City

Here is a wonderful Royal Aristocrat manual portable typewriter in its original case and in fully functioning condition with a brand new black ink ribbon installed and ready to be used

and related industrial supplies offered by the firm at the turn of the 20th century

along with directions for mixing

including signatures

Some pages are loose throughout

Both skates are marked “Winslow’s National Club” and stamped size 11-1/2

603 displayed on placards in each view