Monarch Junior Stamping Press

Title: Monarch Junior Stamping Press
Accession Number: 2026.30.2
Accession Date: 12 May 2026
Accession Creator: David Lovegrove
Description: The “Junior Monarch” was a standard tool for pricing items in stores during the early to mid-1900s; manual rotation of the crank stamped a price onto a tag or label.

This press was used in the Brandon Mill Store owned by Abner Corporation, located on Cooper Street in Greenville, S.C. Ansel Tucker was manager of the store and kept this item after it was no longer needed in the store.
Date: early 1900s
Storage Location: Main Gallery: Hughes & Bomar storefront
Relation: Boye Needle Company needle dispenser

Boye Needle Company needle dispenser