Why hello there, friend! Mighty glad that, whether accidentally or intentionally, you find yourself viewing this listing. For your consideration are these antique letterpress printer blocks printing blocks depicting items manufactured by the Illinois Duster & Brush Company catalogue. While their precise age is unknow, one bears a patent date of 1914. Some identifiable items include. Bowling alley lane brooms. Interestingly, I found a June, 1941 article in the journal The Diapason. An international journal devoted to the organ, harpsichord, carillon and church music, ” with the headlines: “Organ in his factory installed as result of Chicagoan’s hobby – Organ in Chicago factory dream of owner’s son. ” The article goes on to state, “A three-manual organ recently placed in a Chicago factory forms a unique and interesting exhibit. This organ, in its unique location, is in the factory of the Illinois Duster and Brush Company. All the planning and most of the work was done by John Hohenadel, son of the head of the company, aided by organ men. Hohenadel explains it, he was eager to have an organ, and there was not room in his parents’ home; so he conceived the idea of having it in the factory. The story of the organ in the Illinois Duster Company factory is as interesting as its unusual location. It was created as the fruit of four yeasrs’ leisure-time labor out of parts of two Kimball organs that had stood in Chicago theaters, but had been silenced by sound “movies” and were acquired by Mr. If this information does not answer all your questions, I invite you to inquire further. Thanks for stopping by & have a wonderful day.