AND + ALSO Old Cast Metal Marquee Signage antique folk art puzzle cube so am not quite sure

so am not quite sure of the age of this piece

I purchased this lot of student-made book covers from a relative of the high school English teacher

There is one little hole (maybe a worm hole) low on his left pant leg

The  paint has probably darkened a bit with age but they're in great shape

7" long x 4 1/4" wide x 3/4" tall and weighs a few pounds

AND + ALSO Old Cast Metal Marquee Signage antique folk art puzzle cube so am not quite sureWhen I found these, I immediately thought they'd be right hung in the dining room, where they would feel like insertions into lively conversation. (If I could have one more, it would say "but"!) Dating to the 1930s I believe, and ,made by Wagner Sign Service inc., Chicago, they would have been used on an old theatre marquee, in conjunction with individual letters spelling out the names of movies or performers. The letters on the far sides of each