Red Cross Brand Stamp -

Hello, I found this ' stamp' at a flea market a few years ago. I was unable to find out anything about it online. Im assuming it was used to stamp wax?

It is about 1"x1.5"X1"

If you can help me out in telling more about this, I would greatly appreciate it!

Thanks for your time!

Jon

 

Might be newspaper type set piece. - Just a guess on my part.

I thought it weird that it says "brand". I don't think it is connected to the American Red Cross.
So went looking.
The only thing I could find was this. Whether it is relevant I don't know.
https://vintagefashionguild.org/label-resource/red-cross-shoe-company/

 

An antique printing block for Red Cross Brand canned fruits and vegetables. Filed 1905.

https://trademarks.justia.com/710/11/red-cross-71011790.html

Debora

 

@clutteredcloset49 thank you for that link! It could very well be connected to that company. I'm going to have to dig harder. I've tried but came up empty handed everytime!

 

Parent company, Furman Foods was based in Philadelphia.

Debora

 

Here is the design that was registered for Red Cross Brand.

Debora

 

@Debora
Did you see in the link I posted that Red Cross was first used for ketchup? That Irwin Krohn the shoe man liked the idea of a brand name that was recognizable.

 

No, I didn't. Isn't that interesting?

Debora

 

Very cool. I haven't had a chance to look into these tips yet but thank you so much for everything so far!

 

Very co

That was a very interesting short read. Quite the company story. Thank you for sharing that!

 

Very cool! Thanks for sharing that!