US Fastener Company "Bag Plates" Sample Card, c. 1920s-40s fallen from hammock snapshot I would use it for

I would use it for serving cheeses or appetizers

but I do think they claimed a pretty great phrase

and certainly do this one--a watchtower with windows on all sides (one might think of it as a surveillance station) flying an American flag

And turned on its side it looks rather like an owl

US Fastener Company "Bag Plates" Sample Card, c. 1920s-40s fallen from hammock snapshot I would use it forThis one is heavy with the weight of all these metal "bag plates" I believe snap closures for the flap of a purse or the like. I just love old sample cards like this, especially much handled ones with handwritten numbers and notes on them. This one was produced by the United States Fastener Company located on Milk Street in Boston whose work clearly involved holding all sorts of things together! c. 1920s 40s I believe, with a very satisfying reverse