Front:
GOLD MEDALAWARDED
B G ORE
ELASTIC FOR
HIGHEST
AKERS
HOES
HUB GORE MAKERS
ELASTIC FOR SHOES
HUB
ELASTIC
HIGHEST
AWARD
HUB GOR
FOR SUMBIAN
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HUB
GORE
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SITION.
"Uncle Sam," the Wonderful Edison Talking Automaton at World's Fair, delivering 40.000
speeches during the Exhibition, about Highest Award, Gold Medal, Hub Gore.
Armstrong & Co Lith Bosten.
OVER
SHOES
TRADE
MARK
TRADE
MAKERS
MARK
Back:
THIS PAIR OF CONGRESS SHOES IS
Hua
CORE
INSURED
TK Game
* A DONANESS SHOE
18 BALLKO "CORE"
Against the ELASTIC SHRIKKING, FADING, BAGGING,
LOSING SHAPE, GETTING LOOSE, or WEARING OUT.
This Elastic Gore is stamped with a Heart Trade Mark as shown in the
above picture, and is the best in the World. It is called HUB GORE, and it
costs the manufacturer an extra price. It is made only for FINE CONGRESS
SHOES. Every piece is dated at the factory when made and insured for
one and a half years from date by the following:
INSURANCE CERTIFICATE.
This insures to the wearer of these shoes perfect service of the Gore for ONE
AND ONE HALF YEARS from date character in Trade Mark. If the Elastie fails,
with fair usage, within eighteen months, send the shoes by expre88, at our expense,
from any part of the United States, Canada, Mexico, West Indies, or Sandwich Is-
lands, and we will insert now Gore in finest manner and return shoes free of expense.
In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands and seals this 15th day of
December, 1888.
Hub Core Makers, Boston, Mass.
Signed.
400 OO LO na 0900g
Albert Werbeza
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Crest
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The vital part of a Congress Shoe is the Gore. When purchasing Con-
gress Shoes always look for the Hub Gore Trade Mark inside the shoe.
Beware of imitations. None genuine without the Heart Trade Mark.
The name " Hub” is secured by Letters Patent. The dated Trade Mark
is registered. Design of opened shoe showing Trade Mark is copyrighted.
Inside of all INSURED Shoes you will find stamped upon the Elastic Gore
this dated Heart Trade Mark.
Explanatory Key to Date Characters in Trade Mark
means Gore made in January, 1889, and war-
ranted perfeot until August, 1890.
means Gore made in February, 1889, and war
ranted perfeet until September, 1890.
HUB
GORE
means Gore made in March, 1889, and war-
rantes pertect until October, 1890.
TRADE
And so on through this line of date characters ar
in rotation. U
MARK
HUB GORE is manufactured and insured by
HUB CORE MAKERS,
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The largest manufacturers of fine Gore in America.
The only manufacturers of Gore exolusively in the U.S.
BOSTON, MASS.
The sales of Hub Gore in this country are larger than the combined sales of all
other fine Gores, domestic and foreign,
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