Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
"Dave the Guesser" Glovsky operated a guessing booth at Old Orchard Beach from 1946 to the 1990s. He guessed various personal facts about visitors, including age, weight, and occupation. This sign, one of many he used to advertise, read, "If you smoke for your health sake stop:if you cant let me guess your brand of cigarette before it kills or puts you in a hospital A prize if I fail."
About This Item
- Title: Dave the Guesser sign, Old Orchard Beach, ca. 1980
- Creator: Dave Glovsky
- Creation Date: circa 1980
- Subject Date: circa 1980
- Location: Old Orchard Beach, York County, ME
- Media: Posterboard, paint
- Local Code: 1999.33.3
- Object Type: Physical Object
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Signs (Notices)--Maine--Old Orchard Beach
- Fortune telling--Maine--Old Orchard Beach
- Divination--Maine--Old Orchard Beach
- Business enterprises--Maine--Old Orchard Beach
- Street entertainers--Maine--Old Orchard Beach
- Cigarettes
- Smoking
- Curiosities & wonders--Maine--Old Orchard Beach
- Palace Playland (Old Orchard Beach, Me.)
- Amusement parks--Maine-Old Orchard Beach
- Glovsky, Dave--Associated objects
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