The "Meccano Destroyer" Speeding Along, WW1 RPPC of Folk Art Diorama native american black clay pottery two full layers deep

two full layers deep

It looks like maybe a touch up to the white paint just on his rear paws at some point

The puzzles are made of a nice weight tan chipboard with a bit of a sheen and black printed details

Once could certainly incorporate a light fixture behind it

which is both gorgeous and unusual

The "Meccano Destroyer" Speeding Along, WW1 RPPC of Folk Art Diorama native american black clay pottery two full layers deepYou may be better at deciphering the long note written in very small print on the back of this real photo postcard than I, but I can decipher the date of October, 8, 1917, and the location, Seacroft. And I can make out that the diorama captured by the photographer was the creation of the child, showing the Meccano Destroyer off to "pick the huns" with huns, I believe, slang for Germans. Of course me its all about the diorama, with wonderfully folky