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Miscellaneous Ephemera
Thick paper fiber used to cover Dickerson aluminum tubes during shipping. Post label is dated August 16, 1950.
Label addressed to Mrs. Wesley Rennie, Seattle,Wa. The Rennie name appears frequently in Dickerson's ledger. Bill Rennie was a friend of Dickerson's from the Detroit suburb, Hillsdale. Bill ordered dozens of Dickerson's rods. Many for his own use and others shipped directly to the new owner with sale credited to W. Rennie in the ledger.
Packing slip showing an extension of Dickeron's rod business with the subheader, "Small Tools-Machine Details." It is known that Dickerson performed Machinist duties during the war. Perhaps this packing slip is a result of that period.
An example of Dickerson's handwriting late in life. Postmarked 1979, Dickerson would have been 86 when this envelope was inscribed.
Dickerson mailing envelope showing his Custom Rod Maker logo and early Detroit address.
Detroit era Dickerson stationary and early Detroit mailing envelope. The envelope likely predates the example shown above.
A special authors edition of Stein & Schaaf's, "Dickerson: The Man and His Rods" , was created and bound by James Schaaf. To my knowledge there were only three copies made. The book is bound in black leather with gilt stamping and has fancy marbled end-papers. The slipcase is gray leather with the front and rear cover pictorial attached. The copy shown belonged to the book's publisher, Dick Spurr, of Centennial Publications. It is signed by both authors and also by Dick Spurr. Jim Schaaff inscribed the copy "To Dick-My Dear Friend-Without your help and effort this work would have been impossible. Yours, Jim