Vintage Fidelity Federal and Livestock Commission Bullet Pencils - Set of 2

Description

Vintage Fidelity Federal and Livestock Commission Bullet Pencils - Set of 2
Presented for sale are
Vintage Fidelity Federal and Livestock Commission Bullet Pencils
Description:
-Bullet pencils were originally made from spent rifle cartridges in the early 19th century.
-Cartridges were collected off the battlefield, cleaned up, and manufactured into cheap writing instruments
-Around 1914 they switched from their original mechanical pencil type to the short “regular” pencil
-The United States began making their own version in the 1930s and continued through the 1950s.
-However, manufacturers used pieces of aluminum, brass, or other metals into a bullet shape rather than using an real bullet casing
-The body of the pencil is made of plastic
Pencil #1 reads “Fidelity Federal Savings and Loan Association Galesburg, Illinois A Safe Place for Savings"
(The
F
idelity Federal Savings and Loan Association was established in 1892, and has now been incorporated into First Bank, a Federal Savings Bank)
#2 reads "National Live Stock
Commission Co National Stock Yards Ill. Phone Bridge 4685 Cattle Upton 5-0581 Hogs Upton 4-5463”
-Still in business, the Commission operates as part of the farming industry, and, among other things, they handle
Specialty Animal Sales, Farm sales, and grade and yield auctions
Measurements:
Each measures approximately 3
3/4
”
depending on how much the eraser was worn down
Condition:
Normal wear and tear from age
Pencil still works
Erasers
will smudge, too old to work properly
Shipping
will be a flat rate via USPS First Class Mail
No International Shipping. US Stateside Shipping Only.
Room
406 A2 SA1
Smallest Manilla Envelope
_gsrx_vers_1469 (GS 9.1 (1469))