Good For 5 Cents Antique Ink Drawing folk art puppets Altogether pretty cool

Altogether pretty cool

The ledge where a painting/framed whatever would be placed measures 7 13/16" across

you can distinguish that there are four distinct suits to these

And then on the backs are clever rhymes for each

perfect for heavy use

Good For 5 Cents Antique Ink Drawing folk art puppets Altogether pretty coolWhoever made this drawing, or whoever accepted it in lieu of 5 cents, must have thought pretty highly of it, as 5 cents would have gone quite a ways then. Or, perhaps the smoking figure at top represents the owner of a farm, owing 5 cents to the hoeing laborer below, reminding one a bit of Venmo transaction emojis now! Whatever the case, its endurance over a century and a quarter or so certainly attest to its value to at least a few someones, and of