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awesome collection of vintage/antique California advertisements..in good to excellent condition. check pictures for condition and thanks for looking, Mike
excellent packaging and fast shippingUp for sale is a stunning, carefully curated collector’s lot of 7 pieces of vintage mid-century and retro advertising ephemera. This lot brings together incredibly rare pieces of Southern California culinary and agricultural history alongside historic 1930s political memorabilia.Every single item in this lot is in great to excellent vintage condition. The paper is crisp, colors remain vibrant, and there are no major tears, heavy stains, or structural damage.
✨ The Cool Factor: What Makes This Lot Awesome:
🪵 Rare Shaved-Wood Eaton’s Menu: A genuine novelty postcard menu printed directly onto a thin sheet of real wood veneer. Used by tourists in Beverly Hills and Los Angeles to mail home. Unposted and beautifully preserved.
🍊 1940 National Orange Show Mailer: A flawless, completely intact 9-panel fold-out postcard strip. It shows the wild, monumental citrus-fruit architecture (like a giant Statue of Liberty built of oranges) from the 30th annual San Bernardino exposition. No split seams!
🧵 Complete Vons Supermarket Sewing Kit: Features a stunning dark blue and silver illustrated interior. Complete with all its original, unused needles and safety pins wrapped in vibrant, reflective mid-century tinfoil
.🏨 1934 FDR Birthday Dinner Program: A rare piece of political history from The Goldman Hotel dated January 30, 1934. Printed specifically for the nationwide "President's Birthday Balls" hosted to raise money for Franklin D. Roosevelt's polio crusade.
🍦 Defunct Coast Ice Cream Co. Card: A beautifully stylized mid-century advertising card from a long-lost Los Angeles dairy brand, boasting "18 Fruits and Flavors."
📸 Kodak Brownie Hawkeye Manual: The iconic, colorful instruction cover from the classic 1950s flash model box camera.
🍽️ Retro Gingham Cocktail Napkin: A matching checkered restaurant artifact that perfectly rounds out the mid-century dining aesthetic of the collection
.📦 Condition & Shipping:All items have been kept in a clean, smoke-free environment.Shipped with extreme care using rigid cardboard backing and protective sleeves to guarantee they arrive at your door in their current beautiful condition.
