Lot 052 - Vintage Hartz Mountain Song Food Canary Bird Feed Advertising Tin, Orange Ground with Yellow Canary Graphic, New York, 3-1/2" H

Lot 052 - Vintage Hartz Mountain Song Food Canary Bird Feed Advertising Tin, Orange Ground with Yellow Canary Graphic, New York, 3-1/2" HA vintage lithographed tin for Hartz Mountain Song Food, a canary bird feed product, in orange with black and white lettering. The front features a yellow canary in an oval vignette with musical note graphics, a "Bird Breeders and Fanciers of America Inc. Approved" seal, and product number 209 35, net weight three and one half ounces. The reverse carries directions and a full ingredient listing. Manufactured by Hartz Mountain Products, New York, New

Interior pages are toned

Fitted with a thin etched bone guard and mounted with a steel blade showing age-related patina and oxidation

Cover detached

Condition poor with leaking sawdust filling and other wear consistent with age and handling

Each size is housed in its own box

Pre-Auction Notes: rough opening and closing

The title page identifies Captain John Brown as "Old Brown of Ossawatomie" and describes the contents as a full account of the attempted insurrection at Harper's Ferry

each set with a red faceted cabochon stone

Pre-Auction Notes: Assorted lengths

Reads “God Bless America with the Townsend Plan – We Are Proud to Be Americans

Somewhat wobbly

This photo was acquired from the estate of renowned photography collector and dealer Howard Daitz of New York City