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Dave Noreen

05-16-2026 07:18 PM

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Mrs. W.A. Davis at the 1917 GAH with a “Huntley Shock Absorber Pad”, which became the Jostam Sponge Rubber 2-Ply pad after WWI.

To my eyes that looks like a JOSTAM three-ply.

Drew I have some circumstantial evidence that JOSTAM had a sponge rubber pad by 1916. This undated broadside --

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was in this 1916 post marked envelope --

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Drew Hause

05-16-2026 07:48 PM

Thanks Dave.
The S.A. Huntley patent for the multi-layer sponge-rubber pad was granted April 10, 1917, Patent No. 1,222,291.

Here's a promo for the Huntley pad in Nov. 1917 Outing
https://books.google.com/books?id=V4...J&pg=PA124&lpg

This is the pad in the 1920 Folsom catalog

https://photos.smugmug.com/Vintage-R...h%20pads-L.jpg

Dave Noreen

05-16-2026 11:20 PM

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FWIW, by the 1937 JOSTAM catalog the Goodrich pad is part of their line --

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