Lot of Fifteen Small Hand-painted Cardboard General Store Signs padua To my eye and sensibilities

To my eye and sensibilities quite poignant and really rather transcendent

perhaps most likely

and to look great doing it

(It also of course reminds me of antique kindergarten cut paper weavings

with the band separating the areas of red a dark green

Lot of Fifteen Small Hand-painted Cardboard General Store Signs padua To my eye and sensibilitiesA super sweet and cheerful set of hand painted, scrap cardboard hardware store signs, c. 1940s or so, I believe. How much happier a trip to the store would be if there were tags like this hanging everywhere. Of a different era, when hardware stores felt like wonderlands. Set of 15, each approx 5" x 2 9 16". With a nice array of backs to the cardboard too. Minor paint loss around the edges on a couple; overall very good condition with terrific color.