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ANTIQUE UDELLS WOODENWARE COMPANY 31" LONG WOOD & CAST IRON 5 DOUBLE HOOKS WITH 2-ROD SHELF HAT & COAT RACK/HALL TREE
I bought this at an estate auction. I believe these racks were produced for mercantile trades industries such as train stations, stores and schools. It is a little hard to read but it is embossed/engraved (carved or burned into the wood) with "UDELL'S HAT & COAT RACK  PAT NOV 1, 87  MF'D BY  UDELL W. W. WORKS INDIANAPOLIS" on the front and on the back "PEERLESS" (not sure if that is a model or affiliate company?).  I am not sure if this has been painted black or came this way originally, as I've seen a couple others on the internet that were all black like this one, so just not sure. There are a couple of cracks in the wood and a couple drill holes. The hooks are a little loose but mounted into the board pretty solidly and are held from rocking back and forth by the rods that pass through them. The wood dowel rods appear are probably original as they have the tapered ends. The iron hooks have no breaks or cracks. For over 100 years old, I'd say this rack has held up pretty well! The board measures 31" wide x 3 3/8" tall. Total height of each hook is 7.5".   (There are 21 pictures to look through. Selling as is. Thanks!
GREAT LATE 1800's OR EARLY 1900's PRIMATIVE AMERICANA COLLECTIBLE! 
Brief Udell history: The company first started at West 28th Street and the Canal in 1873, as the Udell Ladder and Wooden Ware Co., when Calvin Udell of Chicago moved his manufacturing interests to Indianapolis.Udell Works Furniture Company also made barrister bookcases, desks and other furniture.