Plant Samples - Peas and Beans, Real Photo Postcards, Early 20th C., Boston - Set 1 mechanical bird which is about as perfect

which is about as perfect a thing as I can imagine

which--pleasingly to me--seems like it was not quite perfectly executed

I would guess 1940s or 50s but I am not entirely sure

At some point a little hook was added at the top for hanging

and great home for a smallish folk art doll or family of little carvings now

Plant Samples - Peas and Beans, Real Photo Postcards, Early 20th C., Boston - Set 1 mechanical bird which is about as perfectI found together a total of eleven of these rppcs documenting the growth of beans, corn, peas and oats in various soils and combinations, and just love them as beautiful photographs, for their indexical nature, for the wonderful hand written labels on the planters, and for being, as far as I know, quite unusual. The fact that they were produced as postcards suggests they were made to be sent, but the backs are all blank, so perhaps they just served as