Title

Belle Produce Store Novelty Picture Advertising, Belle Plaine, 1940

Creation Date

1940 – 1960

Description

Novelty picture advertising the Belle Plaine Produce store. The piece consists of a picture on cardboard inside a metal frame with a glass cover. The picture shows multi-colored mountains with a valley and rows of pine trees. Adhered to the glass front is a reverse silhouette of a pioneer on a horse with a shotgun in his lap. He is looking down a path at the trail of wagons. The silhouette is the foreground and the mountain image is the background. A marquee at the bottom left corner reads "You're On The Right Trail With/Belle Plaine Produce/E. A. Moody, Prop." The frame is painted gold. No maker's marks.

Geographic Notes

Unknown