Description: From the estate of a former service station owner. This tie bar/clasp apparently was awarded to a winner of the nationwide Firestone tire sale contest in July and August 1954. Research in on-line resources, including newspapers, do not indicate if this is the only one of its kind -- was it presented to the top salesman overall? -- or if a handful were made for the regional winners. Manufactured by Hickok U.S.A. The winners and their wives were flown to New York, then travelled on three private Eastern Airlines super jumbo planes to San Juan, Puerto Rico, for a resort vacation at the Hilton Caribe hotel. The following winners have been identified through newspaper searches: Clarence Underwood, a Firestone Dealer in Dallas, TexasFrank Weinshilbom, of Ponca, OklahomaJohn Dersch, of Dersch Oil Company (now Dersch Energies) in Mt. Carmel, IllinoisHerbert Melvin, of Rock Port, MissouriPaul Mourton, of Millbrae, CaliforniaBill Bruton, of Cushing, OklahomaLeeds Sullivan, of Sullivan's Tire Shop, in Auburn, Maine Balie Griffith, of Odessa Firestone Store, Odessa, TexasCharles Bihlert, of Cincinnati, OhioWalter Bales, of Louisville, KentuckyHarold Nuger, of Firestone Tire Center, in Springfield, MassachusettsLester Miller, of Miller Tire Company, in Columbia, South CarolinaE. E. Sigmon, of Firestone Tires, El Paso, TexasNewspaper clippings are provided for information only. They are not included in this listing. Seller will combine shipping on items closed within three days of each other.Seller ID#: GO248041 Listing and template services provided by inkFrog
Price: 29.95 USD
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee
End Time: 2024-10-15T05:47:09.000Z
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Color: Goldtone
Original/Reproduction: Original
Brand: Firestone
Type of Advertising: Tie Bar/Clasp
Date of Creation: 1954
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Theme: Tires
