holding the piece of curved blue card in place to the walls of the box
or dispensed something through those holes
they depict children engaged in various games learning lessons of one sort of another
not particularly fragile and with no tears or losses that I can see
and overall a fair amount of surface wear to the wood
The Eagle Balloon and Flag, 1862, Drawn by John Johnston at "Winder Hospittle", Virginia kid drawing holding the piece of curvedThis drawing makes my heart melt, and even though it shows a lot of toning, it's quite special, and I feel as if my task in life may be to steward into the future drawings like this! A wonderfully hand written title at bottom describes it for just what it is: The Eagle Balloon and Flags, carrying a tiny figure with hat and scope through the air. And what a balloon, every inch decorated in patterns and with a flower blooming across the arching top,