Antique 1920s BF Goodrich Sport Shoes Advertising Ink Blotter 👟 Grand Gorge NY citrus_grove_scene The fact that Carle Place

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Antique 1920s BF Goodrich Sport Shoes Advertising Ink Blotter 👟 Grand Gorge NY citrus_grove_scene The fact that Carle PlaceA Genuine 1920s Goodrich Sport Shoes Advertising Ink Blotter, Unused This is an authentic advertising ink blotter for B. F. Goodrich Sport Shoes, printed in the 1920s or very early 1930s and never put to use. In the days before ballpoint pens, wet fountain pen and dip pen ink had to be dried by pressing a sheet of soft, absorbent blotting paper over the fresh writing, and merchants gave away small printed blotters like this one as everyday advertising