Don’t recall having run across the name R.P. Thorn before, though a number of the watches and clocks they sold are still in the hands of collectors. This postcard was for the Dueber watch case – it was something like the iPhone case of its day, everyone had to have one.
R.P. Thorn had apparently moved around the corner from 5 Green St. to 78 State St. in Albany, and like any thrifty merchant he simply updated his postcards accordingly.