SOLD Beautifully Worn, Best Orange c. 1940s Herald American Newspaper Seller's Apron nail rake (Easily removed of course should

(Easily removed of course should one want to treat it otherwise

(My guess it that a child many years ago went to work on it with a sharp tool

throw the wooden lettered cubes and make as many words as you can

25" wide x 2" deep

and all the better as applied to representing an eight point star flanked with eight angels adamantly gesturing (as if performing semaphore

SOLD Beautifully Worn, Best Orange c. 1940s Herald American Newspaper Seller's Apron nail rake (Easily removed of course shouldFound in Maine, but I believe the Herald American refers to the Chicago Herald American, published in Chicago 1939 1953. I spotted it pinned up on a white wall in an antiques shop and thought the much worn, faded and stained orange canvas extraordinary beautiful and perfectly, poignantly right for a newspaper seller's apron (from the days when the paper was the thing) bearing such an iconic feeling phrase. With the word "herald," as both noun and