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Pat NesterHas anyone ever seen this advertising piece before? I recently acquired this at a local antique auction I attended that featured many items that were part of an old general store. It is circa 1910 tin 3 dimensional counter display for cub shoe polish that is often attributed to the Chicago Cubs given that the bear cub appears to be wearing a baseball uniform. I have seen the actual tins of shoe polish before and the advertising pins depicting a similar cub image commonly show up on eBay.
The piece measures approximately 7 inches wide and 10 inches high and is color lithograph on metal similar in the look and feel to baseball advertising signs of this era.
The color and detail of the graphics are outstanding. Appears that tins of the shoe polish use to sit on it or were also stored inside.
Anyone ever seen this before?
