SOLD Beautifully Worn, Best Orange c. 1940s Herald American Newspaper Seller's Apron nail rake but I'll forever look for

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

(My guess it that a child many years ago went to work on it with a sharp tool

with some scattered smudges and toning

but it's the flip side that is the really special one to me

SOLD Beautifully Worn, Best Orange c. 1940s Herald American Newspaper Seller's Apron nail rake but I'll forever look forFound 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