Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-29
MERCHANTS GET PRIZES
FOR WINDOW DISPLAYS
Awards Made in Contest for Ad
Week Conducted by the
Quoin Club

Trophies were awarded today to Phila
| dephia merchants having the best window
displays in the contest conducted by tn,
| Quoin Club, the National Periodical Asso
| citation. which forms the Magazine Depart
mental OF the Associated Advertising Club:
OF the World. Three hundred merchants
| entered the contest. Trophies were award
| ed to 10 and Is others were given a de,
gree OF honorable mention"
Awards were made as follows:
Strawbridge & Clothier, a beautiful sill.
yer vase, for windows featuring: Interna-
tional Silver Company's rs47-Rogers
Bros" silverware, Memo corsets, Elgin
watches, arrow collars, pioneer belts and
suspenders and brighton garters, as we'll
as one which featured books by nationally
known publishers, and one which con-
tained 40 widely known household articles
from alabastine and Bissell's carpet sweep
er to Scott tissue towels and Westinghouse
electric fans.
George B. Evans the druggist, a large
silver tray. for the east window OF his l106
Chestnut street store.
HoT-wATER HEATERS.
The United Gas Improvement Company,
an artistic silver loving cup for its dis
play of Ruud hot-water heaters in its
Broad and Arch street windows.
William H. Hoskins Company. a large
silver pitcher for it's display at 904 Chest
Eaton. Crane & Pike writing papers.
j. r. Wilson Company, 920 North Broad
street, a handsome silver tray for its dis
play of Victrola and Victor records
N. Snellenburg & Co.. silver loving cup
mounted on an ebony base for its display
OF Bon Ton corsets. which was one of the
big features OF the firms windows this
week.
Mitchell, Fletcher Co.. silver pitcher,
for It's 18th street windows. devoted to a
showing of food products; three of them
being selected by the judges, in which were
featured: Armour & Co. products, National.
Sunshine and Educator crackers, cakes and
biscuits; Campbell's soups, Snider's pork
and beans, Beechnut products, Heinz's 81
varieties and Pompeian olive oil.
The Penn Furniture Company. SIS Mar
ket street, a silver vase for an attractive
Hoosier kitchen-cabinet display.
Lancasters Drug Store, 22d and Market
streets. received a silver tray for it's display
OF Whitman's candles.
Lit Brothers, tall silver vase. for their
display OF Erector building toys. out Of
which a scene on the Mexican border was
worked out, including a bridge over the
Rio Grande.
Berg Brothers, silver loving cup for
their large window display OF Perfection
oil stoves.
John Hayworth Company. 1920 Chestnut
street, silver bowl for their Westman kodak
display.
The Becker Company. silver loving cup
for its Widener Building store display of
Arrow collars v. v. ID. undsrware, Paris
garters and Phoenix hosiery.
G. Duncan Meneill. SO South 10th street
silver vase for his display OF Heinz 81
Varieties.
Edward Pennock. ssos woodland avsnus
a loving cup for his Eastman kodak ais
HONORABLE MENTION.
The merchants to whom honorable men.
ion was awarded are:
ssssiers Book Shop, 1914 Walnut street.
'or unique display Of nationally known
Aaam Bros. GIT Arch street. for a show. |
ng Of Pratt Lambert ''VitraIite" and
'ther products.
POLAR ELECTRIC FANS.
J. +. Buchanan Co, 17ls Chestnut |
Itrest, for display OF Polar cub elsetrlc |
ANS.
r. T Blackwood. 5and ana airard avsnus
or display OF Welchs grape juice.
Philip cAdsa. fth and Market streets, for /
window devoted 70 Boston gartsra.
Gubler Co, lle South III street.. for
lisplay of carfer's inks. paste and mucilazs.
Frank Il Stewart Electric Company, 81 /
f0rtn TN street fer displays OF Mazda /
amps and Polar cub fans
Charles X. Hamhley. SIS Chestnut strsot
e unique HlndoW scene showing fhe
Eidely known Failrgaa approach 70 Atlantic |
ny between fhe l4ne of signs announcing
aFiou4 nationally advertised products
1he pIizas which weFe awarded ths mar
n4nts nafe been On display. this week Ia
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