Amazing Glass Lantern Slides Carrying Case with Fantastic Patina antique brushes expanding in the first quarter

expanding in the first quarter of the 20th century to become "The Greatest Sporting Goods Store in the World

I've included one detail that gives a sense of how silvery the photo is

so all the better with lots of pins stuck in it

1920s or earlier

There is one little hairline crack on one planter that runs from the lip down about a third of the way on one planter

Amazing Glass Lantern Slides Carrying Case with Fantastic Patina antique brushes expanding in the first quarterThis box is just about the ultimate embodiment of the phrase 'patina of use' and is packed with enough information to write a novel about it. It was designed to house glass lantern slides and haul them around in this case for four lectures on the Life of Christ (as noted on a typed sticker on the outside of the box as well as hand written on cardboard inside) presumably delivered by a traveling minister or missionary representing the New York Sunday