🧹 Antique maid broom label – bold red portrait ready to frame

This antique broom label is unused NOS stock from the early 1900s and measures about 4½ inches tall by 3½ inches wide, a perfect size to frame as small wall art for a kitchen, laundry room, or hallway. The design features a striking red background with a central round portrait of a young woman wearing a decorative headband, framed by stylized white flowers and graceful curved stems, plus small ornamental details in each corner.

✨ Maid imagery from the 1910s–1920s

In the 1910s and 1920s, American broom makers and household product companies loved to use portraits of maids, housekeepers, and elegant women to brand their goods, associating cleanliness and domestic pride with a stylish, feminine touch. This label would have been applied directly to a broom handle or head, displayed on store shelves to catch a shopper's eye, and then discarded when the broom wore out. Unused NOS examples like this survived because a printer or broom company saved leftover stock in a drawer or storeroom instead of using every last sheet.

🎨 Litho. in U.S.A. – early American printing

Along the lower edge, the label is marked "LITHO. IN U.S.A.", and the rich, flat colors come from classic early 20th‑century lithography. Each color—deep red, clean white, and the fine line work in the portrait and flowers—was laid down in separate ink passes, producing the sharp contrast and crisp details that make this label still look vibrant more than a century later. The bold, simple layout and limited palette fit perfectly in the c. 1910s–1920s period just before streamlined Art Deco styles became dominant.

🏛️ From household product to wall decor

Most broom labels were wrapped around broom handles, carried home, and eventually thrown away when the broom was used up. NOS examples survived because extra stock was saved in a drawer or storeroom instead of being applied. Today, collectors of advertising art, women's history, and vintage Americana are reframing labels like this as miniature posters with genuine history behind them.

This maid portrait label is perfect for framing in a kitchen or laundry room, displayed near a broom closet, added to a gallery wall of vintage advertising, or included in a collection of early 20th‑century women's imagery and household memorabilia.

Approx. 4½" x 3½", original lithographed broom label, NOS, ready to frame, gift, or add to your ephemera collection.