Petroleum Jelly c. 1950s Hand-painted Make Do Cardboard Sign old cat doorstop the crafting of birchbark quill

the crafting of birchbark quill boxes never completely died out

full speed ahead

Victor-Emmanuel III (King of Italy)

or just looking great on the desk

My photos are not great (I'm better equipped to document smaller things than large ones

Petroleum Jelly c. 1950s Hand-painted Make Do Cardboard Sign old cat doorstop the crafting of birchbark quillThis sign was painted on the back of two joined overapping pieces of cardboard packaging, including one for "Nu Style" Peppermint Patties, which pretty definitely dates it to the 1950s, and would strongly suggest it was made in a grocery store for actual store use. It also suggests that this store was pushing a generic brand of petroleum jelly, perhaps its own store brand, rather than promoting Vaseline (which had been invented in 1870; the wikipedia