Vintage "Grand Champion" Shuffleboard Salesman Sample by American letter opener capturing the elegance and energy

capturing the elegance and energy of the 1920s

strongly reminiscent of the Kansas City Power & Light Building and related American "cathedrals of commerce" architecture of the early 1930s

Minor wear is present to the wood finish on the armrests and legs

New England Telephone & Telegraph operated briefly from 1878 to 1879 before being reorganized under Bell-affiliated successor companies

A mid-century illuminated devotional artwork depicting Christ as the Good Shepherd

Vintage "Grand Champion" Shuffleboard Salesman Sample by American letter opener capturing the elegance and energyc. 1940s; American Shuffleboard Co. Union City, NJ Painted wooden salesman sample advertising model of the American Shuffleboard Co. "Grand Champion" table, mounted on a streamlined Art Deco style display plinth. The miniature table features red and cream painted rails with turquoise striping, finely turned legs with contrasting pinstriped decoration, and a scored faux wood playing surface replicating the layout of a regulation shuffleboard table. The