Early 20th Century Seafood Cardstock Advertisement secretary JM - 110422 - 105268

JM - 110422 - 105268

JM - 072222 - 104710

hand-carved and whittled wooden pipes

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Early 20th Century Seafood Cardstock Advertisement secretary JM - 110422 - 105268c. 1910s 1920s; Lester & Toner's Inc. Greenport, Long Island, NY Circular cardstock clock face advertisement for Seapure brand oysters. This sign was produced in the middle of an oyster boom in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. A once plentiful food, they became delicacies during the Roaring '20s as their availability greatly declined until the 1980s and 1990s when coastal farms and modern practices allowed their numbers to once again grow