"Glove" Brand Rubbers, c. 1900 Crate-Side-Cum-Sign with Warm Patina baby animals There is also one rough

There is also one rough spot on reverse side

framed by that caked color along the bottom

gorgeously executed ink and watercolor drawing

to my sensibilities it's just a marvelous little object

"Glove" Brand Rubbers, c. 1900 Crate-Side-Cum-Sign with Warm Patina baby animals There is also one roughToo fun to pass this one by, and of course it's hard to resist old signage graphics incorporating hand iconography, too. It also provided provides a prompt to delve into the history of rubber and "rubbers" of various sorts a long and weaving one, but with the invention of both rubber gloves and rubber condoms following on the heels of Charles Goodyear's invention of vulcanized rubber in America 1839 (patented in 1844), following which companies