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1930s advertisements for the

slide out from the Electro-

Chemical Engraving Co. of New

York proclaim

―

If you want to

put an army of walking ads to

work, this unique, disappearing

bottle opener, etched and

enameled in color, will serve

you loyally. No owner can help

playing with it and showing it

off, when he is not actually

using it. And whenever he

pushes the button, he also

pushes your brand!

‖

The

advertisements appeared in the

American Brewer

.

In 1936 Electro Chemical Engraving was listed as located at 1100 Brook Avenue, New

York City (Bronx borough) with the officers F. E. Switzer, N. L. Jacobus, Robert

Schlesinger, Julius Erdoes, and L. S. Southwick.

In 1939 the New York Mortgage Corporation extended a $174,000 mortgage to April 1,

1943.

On June 10, 1940 Reinmark Realty, Inc. leased a

―

One-story building on a plot 100 by 90

feet at 1088 Brook Avenue to Electro Chemical Engraving Company for a warehouse

and distributing plant. 1088 Brook Avenue was constructed in 1931. The photos below

show the building when it was Washington Stables. Today it is the home of Marquez