New Song To Day, Evocative Old Hand-painted Sign Found in Bar Harbor's Old Star Theatre tole painted cigarette tin like a jewel in the

like a jewel in the vast

just a few small toning stains

(It's a bit hard to tell from photos but that is dark green paint

and I just love the choice of subjects--soap bubbles

New Song To Day, Evocative Old Hand-painted Sign Found in Bar Harbor's Old Star Theatre tole painted cigarette tin like a jewel in theThere is a handwritten note on the back of this sign documenting its having been found (in 1988) inside the Old "Star Theatre" in Bar Harbor, Maine. I've included a photo of the theatre, which was built in 1908 as a cinema and entertainment center, equipped with 400 moveable chairs, a fine dancing floor, and "unquestionably the finest theater organ in Maine" according to the The Bar Harbor Times in 1924. Fun article about the Star on the site of the