Set of Four Exuberant Crayon Drawn Mandalas by John Mosher, Grade 3, 1939 english pigeon decoy lending a charming extra layer

lending a charming extra layer of character to an already character-full photographic portrait

On one edge of the page our subject is so intently writing upon is printed "Salvation Army"--perhaps the joke here being that the soul of our Y

such that it does not slide in tightly but rather just sets

and this long neck framed by old splits running down the sides

and that metal wrap with row of nails along the top

Set of Four Exuberant Crayon Drawn Mandalas by John Mosher, Grade 3, 1939 english pigeon decoy lending a charming extra layerI'm a total sucker for school drawings like this pure joy, and I think pretty transcendent. These were done by a young John Mosher in 1939, in third grade, and feel to me as if channeling both Pennsylvania hex stars and Froebel kindergarten cut paper designs but rendered with the immediacy of hard pressed crayon! Quite nice in a grid I think so am offering as a set. Each was folded along one edge to make the paper square. Paper size (as folded) of