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The A.C. Becken Company, established in 1887 in Chicago, was a major wholesale distributor of housewares, jewelry, tools, musical instruments, leather goods, desk accessories, tools, eyeglasses, and assorted novelties. This annual catalog for the year 1937 issued to “recognized jewelers only,” contains nearly 800-pages of items ranging from a wide selection of elegant Elgin watches to metal employee and police badges in various shapes and sizes.  Included are streamline –art deco era–lighter and cigarette cases, watches, clocks, luggage, tableware, and jewelry.