Vintage 1950s Gainesville Police 🚔 Special Tin Lithography Badge NOS Original Card Japan Novelty Pin household_brand_collectible Local legend among collectors of

Local legend among collectors of domestic ephemera holds that the figure used in broom and cleaning product labels of this era was often drawn from a composite of real women — sometimes a lithographer's wife

so it is worth knowing the distinguishing markers: authentic period labels carry the deep tactile impression of real letterpress printing

Turn your attention back to that little JAPAN in the corner

This is label design working at full confidence — no tentative strokes

And a whiskey-flavored additive for "non-alcoholic beverages

Vintage 1950s Gainesville Police 🚔 Special Tin Lithography Badge NOS Original Card Japan Novelty Pin household_brand_collectible Local legend among collectors of# What Does a 1950s Florida Badge Look Like After Seventy Years? Like the Day It Left the Counter. There is a moment every serious collector knows. You are sorting through a flat of old cards at an estate sale, or digging through a wooden crate at an antique mall somewhere off the highway, and your fingers land on something that simply feels *different.* The surface has a depth to it. The colors hold. The card hasn't yellowed into oblivion. You turn