Dave Ranney (1910)
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Dave Ranney's autobiography recounts his years on the Bowery and his eventual religious conversion. (Project Gutenberg)
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- Ingersoll watch
- Ranney imagines that a suspicious benefactor might plant an Ingersoll watch in his pocket and accuse him of theft, showing the brand as a recognizable everyday object.
Source text: Then I thought that if I put on the clothes he might slip an Ingersoll watch into the pocket, let me get on the street, and then shout "Stop, thief!" I'd be arrested and then it would be away up the river for a good long bit. (Project Gutenberg ebook 13889)