Green to Yellow Bananas! Great Original Vintage Heavy Cardboard Grocery Display Sign clever This old German set of

This old German set of wooden jack straws

There is a bit of loss/roughness to one "leg" of the base with no structural impact and a few scattered rough spots as pictured

so perhaps painted in England

such that the right side sits higher if laid flat

but in the case of this one it is completely about its formal properties--most immediately that hand printed paper cover

Green to Yellow Bananas! Great Original Vintage Heavy Cardboard Grocery Display Sign clever This old German set ofOne of my favorites of the week, found at eclectic treasure trove in New Hampshire. So many reasons why I think this is good and resonant, formal and metaphorical, and what's hotter than than bananas? I can't find it's likeness, but presume it was produced for grocery store display, a PSA of sorts! 1970s 80s I'd guess, on cardboard, with really excellent color, especially that blue ground. 25 5 8" x 18". Overall good vintage condition, with wear and a