Old Red Painted Cigar Box Train or Traveling Circus Car with Screened Windows honeymoon portrait and the tail has come

and the tail has come unravelled

with a polished

are still here with them

intent on teaching French vocabulary to her children--makes me very happy

revealing how the linen panel was pulled and stitched tight around a wooden board

Old Red Painted Cigar Box Train or Traveling Circus Car with Screened Windows honeymoon portrait and the tail has comeI'm thinking this very sweet cigar box on wheels might have been made by a parent or grandparent long ago as part of a traveling circus set; it seems well suited to house a lion or tiger behind those screens (though would also make a great cricket cage.) I especially love the screen covered round cutout window at the front end, and the yellow painted fully rotating axels and wheels. Lots of love invested in this. Box itself: 8 5 8 l x 4 5 8d x 5 5 8