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| WHITTEMORE'S Shoe Polish Bottle. |
Embossed: POLISH on one side and WHITTEMORE'S on the other side.
Whittemore Bros. & Company (later known as Whittemore Brothers Corporation), Cambridge, Massachusetts (1852-c. late 1930s??) was a large producer of shoe dressing and related products, launched in 1852 by David and Joshua Whittemore. (Cambridge is now part of the greater metropolitan area of Boston). The majority of older Whittemore bottles are marked with either of the two embossing variations “WHITTEMORE / BOSTON / U.S.A.” or “WHITTEMORE / BOSTON // FRENCH GLOSS”.
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| WHITTEMORE'S Shoe Polish Bottle Other Side. |
Found one of these in Massachusetts. It has "Whittemore's Polish around the top and a #3 on the bottom.
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