Wonderfully Graphic Ink Drawing of Waddell Co Booth 1091 gift for fun with lots of wear and

with lots of wear and stains all over that make it great The wood is still in good shape

A nice chunky old whimsy

but even better when housed in this great looking old slide top box with "Stencil Outfit" stenciled on the lid

but much amplified I think as photographed against a flat black ground

with some nice irregularity to the form and weaving original to its making

Wonderfully Graphic Ink Drawing of Waddell Co Booth 1091 gift for fun with lots of wear andI found this one digging through a bin at the Boston Antiquarian book fair and just lit on it immediately so boldly graphic, and also feeling somewhat anthropomorphic, with the windows (I am thinking perhaps this is a booth in a private dining car?) at center reading like eyes and making the whole thing seem like a hulking creature, which makes me think a bit of Philip Guston, too. The Waddell Co. of Greenfield Ohio (founded in 1887) first produced