"This is a Tea Square," Complete and Subtly Annotated Antique Milton Bradley Industrial Drawing Kit, Patent 1889 tabletop stage coach 2 1/2" t x 1

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"This is a Tea Square," Complete and Subtly Annotated Antique Milton Bradley Industrial Drawing Kit, Patent 1889 tabletop stage coach 2 1/2" t x 1This is an antique, complete Milton Bradley "Springfield Industrial Drawing Kit", patented 1889. You know I love early Milton Bradley, and here a very smartly designed set including two drafting triangles, a t square, and a drawing board. When hung up (from the handy hole at the end of the t square), I think it looks quite a bit like the front of a button down, collared shirt, and, relatedly, immediately evinces wooden Shaker sweater stretchers. (And