Sunday, October 18, 2009

Antique October

This vintage gem depicts "Mr. Peanut," mascot and symbol of the famed Planter's Peanut Corporation. An amazing piece of Americana,
"Mr. Peanut" is sure to delight the younger visitors to the Frank Mann Museum of Fine Arts.



No amount of research can unravel the mystery behind these antique iron bookends. Despite the swastika emblems, these have nothing to do with Nazi Germany, but come from a country whose citizens speak either Portuguese or Spanish.


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