Mustard Yellow and Brick Red Salt Box Style Little Wooden House storytelling reddish stained turned wooden handle

reddish stained turned wooden handle features a hole near the end for easy hanging

This fun and wonderful thing is a hand-written obituary from 1889

This original gouache and watercolor on board was created by William Charles Palmer as an Illustration for a children's book about the adventures of a snowman

who travelled to the Canadian Arctic with Icelandic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1879-1962)

which I think adds to its appeal

Mustard Yellow and Brick Red Salt Box Style Little Wooden House storytelling reddish stained turned wooden handleI purchased this sweet little mustard yellow salt box style wooden house along with a white and green garage listed separately, and am sure they once lived together, perhaps amid a train set or Christmas village. I love the step back of the lower level on this one, and the hunter green trim and doors, plus the stucco like texture of the surface and the little steeple where one would expect a chimney! 1940s or 50s I'd think though I'm not entirely