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For your consideration, we are offering an original, hand-painted 1940s/50s sign for an Italian-American restaurant

(Soners) in Culver, New Jersey. This one-of-a-kind image is classic Americana and features a risqué, cheesecake

pinup style waitress holding a tray with a cupcake on it. Once framed on a wall, it's sure to command attention and start

conversations.

We lean toward saying this unsigned illustration is from the 1940s based on two factors:

1. The restaurant's telephone number is written in the pre-area code fashion. Area codes were introduced in 1947, but

only in the U.S.'s largest cities (NYC, Chicago, L.A., etc). It took over a decade for area codes to be completely implemented across the country.

2. The illustration's style is strongly reminiscent of a World War II-era pinup. The early 1950s is also a possibility, but we

lean toward the 1940s.

Condition Notes:

• Watercolor and ink on thick paper stock
• Measures approximately 8.75" x 10.25" (22.23 x 26.04 cm)
  
• Age-related yellowing
  
• Edge wear/edge creases
  
• Age-related discoloration, mostly concentrated around the edges
• Some spots to the right of waitress's legs and under her right hand (hand holding menu)
• Original pencil marks visible under paint in a few places
• "Inks" is written on the back (unknown meaning)
• Reverse side has old tape marks
  

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