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Brochure: Swimming Pretty with Ayvad Water-Wings. Issued by Ayvad Water-Wings, Inc., Hoboken, n.d., ca. late 1930s or early 1940s.
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Swimming Pretty with Ayvad Water-Wings. It's As Simple as A B C. Issued by Ayvad Water-Wings, Inc., Hoboken, no date, circa late 1930s or probably early 1940s. Single folio, 3-1/4" wide x 4-5/8" high, [4] pp.
Photo of girl on front cover swimming with this flotation device (not truly a life vest.) Interior images are the ABC's with drawings and text of how to open, inflate and tie it on.
The inside pages contain text:
The mark "Water-Wings" is a registered trade mark of Ayvad Water-Wings, Inc., Hoboken, N.J.
Manufactured by Ayvad Water-Wings, Inc., Hoboken, N.J.
Type fonts and illustrations suggests the date range for this item. Apparently at some time in the early 1940s the company moved to Union City, N.J. as listed in the 1946 Industrial Directory of New Jersey.
The back cover uses the Water-Wings logotype with an asterisk for "Pat. Pending." The product itself was patented decades earlier, so the pending patent may have been for the logo design.
One known location in Hoboken was at 1023-1027 Clinton Street.
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1936 - 1944
Date(s) Created: 1936-1944 ca Date(s): 1936-1944
Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2012-08-07