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Featured is an unusual original vintage Wild West charge/account tablet with colorful Western cover artwork titled A Letter from Home.
The nostalgic illustration depicts a cowboy seated on horseback at a rural mailbox, reading a letter against a wide-open Western landscape. The cover features bold Wild West lettering and a colorful decorative border characteristic of this series.
The lower edge is titled A Letter from Home and bears the copyright of The Knapp Co., Inc.
This appears to have been an actual working merchant charge or account tablet rather than simply a decorative notepad. The lined interior pages contain numerous period handwritten entries in blue, including names, numbers and amounts — an interesting piece of surviving everyday commercial history.
An original string/tie remains attached through the top binding.
Details:
- Title: A Letter from Home
- Theme: Wild West / cowboy / horse
- Type: Vintage charge or account tablet
- Publisher/Manufacturer: The Knapp Co., Inc.
- Size: Approximately 9 x 6 inches
- Binding: Cloth-bound top
- Original string/tie remains attached
- Interior: Lined paper with period handwritten entries
- Original vintage item — not a reproduction
Condition:
Good vintage condition overall. The illustrated cover retains attractive color with minor edge and corner wear, including some wear along the right edge and lower right corner. The cloth top binding and original string/tie remain intact.
Interior pages show expected age toning and contain period handwritten entries in blue from the tablet\'s original use. General handling and storage wear is present consistent with age.
Please review all photographs carefully as they are part of the condition description.
A wonderful piece of vintage Western ephemera with appeal for collectors of cowboy memorabilia, Western art, horse imagery, vintage advertising and early merchant/store ephemera.
From the Chuck Olson Collection.
