Does anyone know if these change pureses are from the Old West

Started by gospel micah, April 20, 2007, 10:51:43 AM

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gospel micah


St. George

The 'frame' purse dates in the time period - remains of them are found in pre-Civil War dig sites.

Here's a suggestion:

Back in the 1970's - someone decided to reprint the 'Sears, Roebuck and Co.' and the 'Montgomery Wards' catalogs from the 1890's.

There are two 'sizes' - a paperback novel size - and a full-sized one about the size of the telephone directory.

The difference is that the smaller-sized one doesn't have 'all' of the content that the larger one does - but for all but the most arcane things - the small one works well enough, and can be found far more easily than the larger one.

In these references, you'll find the answers to many of your questions on what was worn and what was available during the time frame.

Your knowing this in advance may save you some serious money on ebay, rather than just reading the description of a vendor.

Vaya,

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Gospel Micah,
One thing you might want to consider is this; Before you buy anything, merchandise or an item from a vendor that sells it as period correct ask them for references, most of them will be more then glad to cite them, or, give you the information on where to find the historical source to document the item you are interested in purchasing. If they don't or won't, my advice is to stay away from those vendors..

Remember these fellas are in the business to make a buck and may make the claim the merchandise is period correct when in fact it is not, hoping the purchaser won't go any further then taking their word for it. One final word of caution...LEARN TO DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH!!!

There are plenty of us here on CAS CITY that are more then willing to give you advice on what WE think is period correct...but we make mistakes too, myself included... Look for more then one source of documentation to support the item you want to purchase or wear.

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Ozark Tracker

I have one that is a double pocket,  my granddad gave it to me when I was about 3 or 4, that's been 52 or 53 years ago,
he had got it after he came to Indian Territory (Oklahoma) in 1903, he said it was used when he got it. 
at one time he had a larger one that he used to put dimes in to pay the cotton pickers,  he'd pay a dime a hundred for picking when I was young, we would sit at the truck and weigh and dump the cotton and give out a dime each time they brought in a sack of cotton. that pouch looked like this one only about 6 or 8 inches longer and 3 or 4 inches wider, it'd hold a lot of dimes.
We done it for Dixie,  nothing else

"I've traveled a long way and some of the roads weren't paved."

Ozark Tracker

here's a shot of the front of it, the name of the banking co may give some cliue as to age, I don't know, I've never looked

it reads

deposit with
D.C. Reed & Co. UNINC
bankers
Bertram, Texas
We done it for Dixie,  nothing else

"I've traveled a long way and some of the roads weren't paved."

'Monterrey' Jack Brass

Gospel M,

You ask an excellent question, and hopefully the documentation below can be of some assistance to you in your search. The clasp type change purse is a design that has been used at least since the 1860s.

Belows is a picture of an original clasp type change purse used during the Civil War from the Museum of the Confederacy collection in Richmond, Virginia (image taken from a photo spread on pg 160-161, Fighting Men of the Civil War by William Davis).



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