SOLD Beautifully Worn, Best Orange c. 1940s Herald American Newspaper Seller's Apron printed paper photo of a slightly different nature

of a slightly different nature than the others

carved of walrus tusk

tightly stretched and adhered to stretcher

and to my eye a pretty fantastic object

SOLD Beautifully Worn, Best Orange c. 1940s Herald American Newspaper Seller's Apron printed paper photo of a slightly different natureFound 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