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Rare Vintage 1930s–1940s Prest-O-Lite "Battery with a KICK" Die-Cut Revolver Fold-Out Counter Display
Measurements: Approximately 8" Long x 6" Tall
Up for sale is an original, pre-WWII automotive service station counter display for Prest-O-Lite Batteries (Prest-O-Lite Battery Company, Inc. – Indianapolis, Niagara Falls, Atlanta, Oklahoma City, Oakland).
This piece is engineered as a die-cut six-gun revolver featuring Prest-O-Lite's bucking horse/mule mascot kicking sparks from its hooves:
Side 1: Proclaims "Buy the Battery with a KICK – ENERVITE DOES IT! Prest-O-Lite Batteries" against a yellow and blue revolver cylinder background.
Side 2: Reads "START RIGHT WITH Prest-O-Lite – Prest-O-Lite Battery Company, Inc."
Form & Function: Double-sided thick cardstock with a factory center circular cutout hole and expanding fold-out interior. Designed either to fold open as a self-standing service counter display or slide over an automotive battery terminal/cell cap on a retail showroom display unit.
Collector Condition Details:
Deep, saturated period lithograph color with no central sun fading.
Original die-cut edges remain crisp.
Retains period cloth/paper top binding strip along the upper fold seam; fold-out cardstock wings operate cleanly. Clean lower margin marked "MADE IN U.S.A."
Sold strictly AS-IS, no returns. Please review all high-resolution photos carefully to assess condition.
Packaging & Shipping:
Shipped flat and securely encased between rigid sheets of foam board and layered corrugated boxing to ensure it arrives in the exact condition shown.
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