Published by the Central Office of the Epworth League (a Methodist young adult association formed in Cleveland in 1889) Fifty Social Evenings was written to help the league's department of social work in their efforts "to make league socials bright
8 stacked chip carved layers on the pocket
And then those great trees and islands in the background
A few dings to the surface of the balls on the ends
I especially love the very narrow neck between box and base and the unusual diamond-shaped details on each side which combines stacked layers with chip-carved strips turned on their sides
1932 Alaskan Native American Carved Polychrome Souvenir Totem Pole hook tool Published by the Central OfficeIf you look very closely, you will see that ALASKA is painting across the front of the red section of this base on this Native American made souvenir totem pole, either Tlingit and Haida, dated 1932 on the underside. It is increasingly hard to find older ones like this, and it's a really good one I think, nicely carved and wonderfully painted, with great alligatoring to the paint now. I believe at top is an owl, with these terrifically colorful wings,
