Old Shot Up "Ticonderoga Office" Sign antique folk art toy The reverse side reveals that

The reverse side reveals that this Ruby Rub Oil Metal Polish was manufactured by Hinds and Coon of Boston

with just a but of separation between the board and wire along the bottom on the brown one

with his faces drawn on a photograph of standing lamps lined up next to a bus stop sign

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are both signed I-J

Old Shot Up "Ticonderoga Office" Sign antique folk art toy The reverse side reveals thatAs the site of famous battles during the French and Indian, and American Revolutionary wars, it seemed apt to find this Ticonderoga sign shot through with quite a flurry of bullet holes. I'm not sure what sort of office the sign was associated with, but did look up the number, which (with a 518 area code) appears still to be in use, associated now with a residential address on Defiance Street (which seems perfectly right!) Located in the Adirondacks