Antique "Overland Rooter" Cast Brass Desk Ornament train station light MM - C-13480 - 052225

MM - C-13480 - 052225

The table block has been coated with polyurethane and is ready for use in the modern home or office

Signs like this were essential wayfinding tools in mid-century factories

by The Whitehead & Hoag Co

Antique "Overland Rooter" Cast Brass Desk Ornament train station light MM - C-13480 - 052225c. 1910s 1920s; Overland Automobile Co. Toledo, Ohio Heavy cast bronze figural paperweight modeled as a rooting hog, with raised lettering reading "ROOT FOR OVERLAND" and "OVERLAND ROOTER" along the base an early dealership and promotional mascot used by the Willys Overland Company, makers of the famed Overland and later Whippet automobiles. Willys Overland, founded in 1908, quickly became one of America's top volume automakers by the 1910s, relying