A Wonderful Mid 20thC Hand Painted "100 Smiles Per Hour" Fairground Panel Sign sub-Curios She was a shy child

She was a shy child and liked nothing more than to sit with one of her sisters and make up little stories to which she would draw the illustrations

as the inflated puffer loses most of its maneuverability

The reverse is in a more impressionistic style and shows a breezy spring day at the presumed location of the catch

From miniature replicas of vehicles to tins that could be re-used as household objects

Ready to display the sign is in good overall condition though with some areas of rust to the edges and one very small spot to the center

A Wonderful Mid 20thC Hand Painted "100 Smiles Per Hour" Fairground Panel Sign sub-Curios She was a shy childOrigin: English Period: Mid Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1940 60 Width: 53 inches Height: 8 inches Depth: 0. 1 inches The rectangular hand painted fairground sign designed to draw in the crowds at fairgrounds in the mid twentieth century, exclaiming 100 Smiles Per Hour painted on a sunshine yellow ground. Suspended from two corner holes, the panel originally had a red border which is lacking and has paint flaking to several areas,