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Midcentury North American Restaurant Placemats

by Elizabeth Goodspeed casualarchivist.substack.com published 2025-08-11

Like so many past ephemera finds I’ve shared here, I bought these midcentury North American restaurant placemats at Brimfield Flea this July from a vendor who had around 500 in a big plastic tub. I bought 25 for $75 (a steal!) but I did have to talk myself out of asking how much it would be for the whole box. Most of…

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