Wonderful Carved Folk Art Village by Howard Gilman, South Stratford, VT worlds fair souvenir Overall: 7" l x 3

Overall: 7" l x 3 3/8" wide

this evocative little map is just the sort of thing that ought to give rise to a novel

4 1/4" t x 1 1/4" w x 1 3/8" d and in very good condition

) I love the little face near the top

just the right amount of weirdness

Wonderful Carved Folk Art Village by Howard Gilman, South Stratford, VT worlds fair souvenir Overall: 7" l x 3I've found definitive dates for the Howard Gilman (1894 1979) of South Stratford, Vermont, who made these and stamped each one on the underside, but that's about it. I sure appreciate the love and labor and detail he put into these small wooden structures, though, which include a varied series of houses all with chimneys and most with log piles arranged in one configuration or another as well as a church, a covered bridge, a barn with silo, and a