Petroleum Jelly c. 1950s Hand-painted Make Do Cardboard Sign eastern European embroidery producing the same scale a

producing the same scale a semitone higher in each hole

with more than a few dings and some paint loss

I am not sure if the two figures at right at actually gods or just acting like them

or a camp counselor

Signed Robert Fisher in pencil on the reverse

Petroleum Jelly c. 1950s Hand-painted Make Do Cardboard Sign eastern European embroidery producing the same scale aThis sign was painted on the back of two joined overapping pieces of cardboard packaging, including one for "Nu Style" Peppermint Patties, which pretty definitely dates it to the 1950s, and would strongly suggest it was made in a grocery store for actual store use. It also suggests that this store was pushing a generic brand of petroleum jelly, perhaps its own store brand, rather than promoting Vaseline (which had been invented in 1870; the wikipedia