Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 March 1920 — First Indian Sign Made by Man Named Chichester [ARTICLE]

First Indian Sign Made by Man Named Chichester

A man named Chichester was first to Introduce wooden figures as tobacconists’ signs in America. This was in the middle of the nineteenth century. Most of these Indian figures were carved out of white pine, from paper pattern*. The Instruments ranged from the ax to the chisel and finer wood earring tool* Regular artists had their little shops where these figures were made and old figures repaired and repainted. ” J -