Men Working, c. 1940s Hand-painted Hardboard Sign on Wooden Post duncan's yoyo top flap has torn loose

top flap has torn loose

which a little research reveals began operations in 1864

red lined cape

in grain painted frame with wood backing: 11 5/8" x 8 7/8"

Men Working, c. 1940s Hand-painted Hardboard Sign on Wooden Post duncan's yoyo top flap has torn looseI find the clean, bold, hand painted black letters against oyster white ground here satisfying and quite beautiful, but most of all, when I found this, I was thinking about all of the contexts in which might resonate and situations it might serve to contextualize earnestly and poignantly, and critically satirically, all. No end of possibilities. In its black against white capital lettered spareness and declarativeness, it makes me think of I Am A Man