Antique Montreal Advertising Fan Ad Maison Brown Ladies Wear Advertisement

This is an antique hand fan advertising Maison Brown Ladies Wear, located in Montreal. The litho on the paper fan shows a pretty Edwardian era girl - why they would staple her face is questionable. Text on the fan reads With Compliments Maison Brown Ladies Wear 1251 Mount Royal East, Corner Breboeuf Tel. CH. 2812 Montreal - the same text is also in French. The fan measures 5 1/8 by 13 1/2, including its wood handle. It is in very good condition except for some moisture staining to the upper right, very minor - otherwise, this has been very well preserved. This is a rare and quite wonderful early Montreal collectible - being Canadian, not too many would have been made. Guaranteed old and original - a nice piece advertising early Canadian retailing!