Anyone ever hear of this jewelry company?

I found this small tin tray at an antique mall. On the tin it says...'T. S. Byers Jewelry Co. Wholesale & Resale. Watches, Diamonds, Jewelry. Everything in Worlds Fair Souvenirs. Largest Stock. Lowest prices. 1304 Olive St. St. Louis
MO.
I paid $5 for it and would never have given something like this a second glance, but the name of company is my name! So I bought it.. any info would be greatly appreciated. I am unable to find anything about it online. Attached is the back and front of the tin.

 

I bought a bayonet cuz it had my name on it......I know what you mean !!

 

Oh....& welcome !

 

Welcome, Trish!

Thomas S. Byers, born 1860 in Tennessee, was listed as a jeweler in the 1900 Census of St. Louis. His store was called T. S. Byers Mercantile in the 1903 city directory.

Given the 1904 date of the St. Louis "World's Fair" (formally called the Louisiana Purchase Exposition) your tray should date from right about then. Can you see any caption for the picture? I tried to find a match in my copy of the souvenir book, but it was hard to tell. It might be just an amalgamation of the general "look." So many of those buildings looked alike.

 

Good find, Baker! Believe the building is the Palace of Electricity.

--- Susan

 

Yup! The photo in the book I have is from a different angle and does not show the open plaza type space between the building and bridge over the lagoon.

 

I bought a buggy step, because it had my maiden name on it.
I haven't done anything with it. It's been hanging the in the garage annoying my husband.
Hmmm - maybe I am doing something with it

 

Hmmm.... Was it used komo??????

 

Ha!!!!!

 

Hi,
I bought an old pulley because it had the name of my neighbors back when I was a kid. I still have it. I do not know why I can not get rid of it. I had it had four yard sales and finally when someone wanted to buy it, I told them it was sold.
greg

 

Not on me !!!!

 

I bought a dish from an English company called Emma Bridgewater because that was my late aunt's name. I guess we're all inclined to do that.