VERY VINTAGE  BATES

ADDRESS FINDER

●    NO  MODEL NUMBER    ●

Since this Address Finder has no Model number printed on it, this Bates may be one of the earliest in production. 

On the underside of the metal are the following:

THE BATES MFG. COMPANY, ORANGE, NJ.,  U.S.A

19201 and a logo  (see photo )

Patent numbers / dates:  Jan  24, 1933  and

                   April 26, 1938 (the later patent date)

When found this address finder had a set of A-Z ‘cards’ within; I am not sure whether they are original.  The cards are ‘Model K’, “THE BATES MFG. COMPANY, ORANGE, NJ., U.S.A.”  The cards have writing on them.   These cards were attached originally to a pad, by perforations.  Most of the cards are now detached.   I will ship the Bates address finder with these cards, also.   Notes on the pages do indicate the time of the writing – since no telephone area codes are used (to differentiate areas of Chicago; some prefixes are written with the letters instead of numbers (Graceland,  Lincoln, Juniper, Amb..  Rep., Shakespeare….).   

Please e-mail with any questions.  Thanks for looking.

Note to winning bidder:  If buyer not satisfied, I will refund winning bid price and original shipping cost; return shipping cost not refundable.  After winning the auction, the bidder must reply to the seller’s invoice/e-mail within 3 days or seller reserves the right to relist item.

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