SOLD Beautifully Worn, Best Orange c. 1940s Herald American Newspaper Seller's Apron nail rake who signed and dated the

who signed and dated the back off one of them in 1859

but I'll forever look for more as I think they're fantastic--excellent looking and challenging for the brain as well as the manual dexterity

and like little jewels

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

SOLD Beautifully Worn, Best Orange c. 1940s Herald American Newspaper Seller's Apron nail rake who signed and dated theFound 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