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Ed Hogarty's Berkeley Square California 1942 Newspaper Ad + ORIGINAL WWII NAPKIN
Ed Hogarty's Berkeley Square California 1942 Newspaper Ad + ORIGINAL WWII NAPKIN
Ed Hogarty's Berkeley Square California 1942 Newspaper Ad + ORIGINAL WWII NAPKIN

Ed Hogarty's Berkeley Square California 1942 Newspaper Ad + ORIGINAL WWII NAPKIN

$ 13.71

Availability: 55 in stock
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  • Type of Advertising: Napkin
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  • Condition: With Certified PROVENANCE and Change of Custody by seller. Guaranteed Genuine WWII-period Napkin from Ed Hogarty's Berkeley Square 1942, in Berkeley, California, with Confirmed Provenance PLUS photographic print of 1940s restaurant advertisment. See Full Description Below, under our ShopBay logo...
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
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  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Date of Creation: 1942

    Description

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    Provenance:
    The year was 1942, World War II was raging, and a young Mrs. White had come all the way from Houston to the Bay Area to say goodbye to her husband Frank, a navy sailor being sent out to war. While waiting for the dreadful sailing orders, the couple visited several night spots along the coast, from Oakland to Berkeley. They had one of their last cocktails, among others,  at the famous
    Berkeley Square,
    on University Ave.
    Mrs. White kept this napkin as a memento of their farewell and placed it in her scrapbook, among other period napkins, where it has remained untouched for all these years.
    The date was April 5 1942 and she documented this event, as well as many others, in her diary-scrapbook,
    now part of our large collection. Date written by original collector (Mrs White) next to napkin on album page.
    Additional provenance information can be provided to the buyer upon request.
    Description:
    Guaranteed Genuine
    World War II-era napkin
    plus photographic reproduction of the full newspaper page with Berkeley Square's
    advertisement from the same period
    .
    Extremely rare and fragile piece of World War II
    memorabilia. An authentic vintage cocktail napkin from the venerable
    Ed Hogarty's Berkeley Square Cocktail Lounge
    located at 1333 University Ave, Berkeley, California, obtained April 1942.  The lounge had just opened in the previous years and besides a cocktail lounge it incorporated Chinese Food.
    Chances are no other napkin from this period with confirmed provenance and location has survived after so many years. This may be one of the few actual Ed Hogarty's napkins currently available anywhere.
    Plus
    this offer includes an authentic full-page reproduction of the original article and advertisement that appeared in the local Oakland newspaper for the Grand Opening of Ed Hogarty's Berkeley Square Lounge in the early 1940's
    (see last pic)
    .
    You'll receive an 11-inch photograph of the full newspaper page printed on real photo paper, without the image protection watermark
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    Condition:
    You will receive the napkin in its original condition still attached to a portion of the album page
    for the purpose of legitimizing its original provenance.
    Dated by original collector on the scrapbook page 4/5/42.
    Approx size: 4.5" square. It has remnants of aged scotch tape on two corners. Light staining is due to color transfer from beige album page.
    It is amazing that this fragile item has survived for so many years in such good condition.
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