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Pictured: “Here Is Our Great Anti-Trust Offer!” Enclosed within c.1911 Burlington Watch Company Catalog. The Burlington Watch Company enclosed a variety of inserts when catalogs were sent to prospective customers. These inserts included additional sales pamphlets and order forms. A brief study of these inserts...
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Pictured: “Our $1,000 Challenge” Burlington Watch Company Catalog, c.1911. The time-keeping challenge presented to the Elgin and Waltham factories by the Burlington Watch Company was not a novel concept, despite the company leveraging the prospect of an open competition. The original challenge was issued by...
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Pictured: “Exposed! Trust Method Contracts,” Burlington Watch Company Catalog, c.1911. The Burlington Watch Company leveraged its fight against the “watch trust” to elicit respect from potential customers for their noble cause.  In the c.1911 Burlington Watch Company catalog, the contracts utilized by the watch trust...
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