Standard Mirror Company Rear View Mirrors???

[Karl Englund]

I'm wondering if any of you out there know what these are, the only thing I can come up with is that they are for a early early early car, either brass backed or gold backed mirrors, made by Standard Mirror Company, NY... I have had them for 40 years, found them when I was 5 in a old house that we moved into nailed to a rafter and held on to them this long... I can't quite read the patent (needs cleaning) but I did look them up, and the patent is for the ball and swivel mechanics, not the mirrors.... Just wondering if anybody has a idea what this would be for??? Please help, as I would like to find out and get them to a person that is needing them for a restore, if they are even automobile related... thank you!!!

[Mark Wetherbee]

They are an early accessory made for any car you wanted to put them into. The flat bracket would make it for a closed car where it would mount to the header above the windshield. I had a similar thing on a 24 Studebaker that was around 2’ wide with 4 mirrors and had fun trying to adjust it...

 

Sell it on eBay as a Model T Ford accessory rear view and someone who thinks it is a unique novelty accessory will buy and use it. I have no idea what it would sell for but as a comparison a really good original might be worth $25.00 so you might not be impressed with the money you get depending on your idea of it. That said, good luck with finding someone for it.