© Bob Kisken
Ebay item - Uploaded image by Vendio
Arizona Journal-Miner March 19, 1905
The Gazette Times - June 4, 1908
Selz Royal Blue, N.H. Putnam, Kentucky, Lebanon © E. Leatherberry - Flickr
Selz “Royal Blue” shoes were manufactured by a German immigrant, Rolf Selz. The company closed in the late 1940s. It is said the the Selz Company made a pair of shoes for Queen Elizabeth giving it the right to use the word “Royal” in advertisements. - Leatherberry
Selz Royal Blue Shoes, Texas, Hillsboro © E. Leatherberry - Flickr
3 responses so far ↓
Dan // June 25, 2009 at 7:21 am |
I spotted a “restored” version of one of these signs in Central Illinois; picture is at:
http://infospigot.typepad.com/infospigot_the_chronicles/2009/06/chenoa-illinois.html
Pete Zarria // September 7, 2009 at 2:15 am |
Belle Plaine, Iowa
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2623/3809923498_c4b50649a8_b.jpg
fadingad // September 7, 2009 at 4:29 am |
Thanks Pete. Did you take this shot? Can I feature it?