Heritage Association of Brown County

Cole's Collection - Page 2

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The background is a light-up Pepsi-Cola sign from the early 1950s.  The foreground is four syrup dispensers from prior to the 1920s. (The Jersey Cream dispenser is prior to 1908)  See Jersey Creme picture below. 


 
 
 

On the left is a Jersey Creme syrup bottle, in the middle is a Jersey Creme syrup dispenser.  The spelling of "creme" changed from cream in 1908. The large Pepsi-Cola  bottle on the right was for display purposes.  All are sitting on an 1856 Wilcox & Gibbs sewing machine.


 

Displayed are unused bottle caps most being from brands no longer bottled. No two caps in this display are alike.


 
 

Lamps made in Bangs, Texas, at Texans Inc., 1952 through 1982.  Texans, Inc. was best known for their TV lamps being as the majority of production was table lamps, with models that targeted discount stores, high-end furniture stores, and everything in between.  In addition to the Texans lamps, numerous lamps from Challenger Lighting, the company that purchased Texans Inc. in 1982, are also displayed in Cole's collection.


 
 
 
 

Lamps made in Bangs, Texas, at Texans Inc., 1952 thru 1982.


 
 
 

Lamps made in Bangs, Texas, at Texans Inc., 1952 thru 1982.

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