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| Esquire Shoe Polish Bottle. |
During the Great Depression Sam and Albert Abrams, chemists and entrepreneurs from Brooklyn, took over an ailing boot polish maker, the Knomark Manufacturing Company of Williamsburgh, Brooklyn. In 1938 they purchased the Esquire brand. After a saturation advertising campaign in 1944, the company became the best selling shoe polish manufacturer in the US... In the late 1950s, they sold the Esquire brand and the 1914-built Esquire Building on 330 Wythe Avenue in Brooklyn. In 1957, Revlon acquired the Esquire brand which made annual sales of 15 million dollars. Revlon sold the Esquire shoe polish brand and other Esquire product brands in 1969... (From Wikipedia.)
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| Esquire Shoe Polish Bottle. |
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| Bottom of Bottle Shown Immediately Above. |
Notice the NOMARK INC. mark above the 555.
