Excellent 1982 Colorful Wooden Puzzle Bus, LS Ruth, Guilford, CT abstract expressionist a couple strolling leisurely down

a couple strolling leisurely down a dirt path

started by the German immigrant Adolf Kuttroff to commercialize chemical dyes from the French firm A

This reads to me rather like a salesman sample for a full-scale handmade straw broom

A rare and special thing

And the erosion to his face

Excellent 1982 Colorful Wooden Puzzle Bus, LS Ruth, Guilford, CT abstract expressionist a couple strolling leisurely downGood design shows up in all sorts of places and satisfying objects come in all shapes and sizes! I love this wooden bus, which is also a puzzle, and also a lesson in the color spectrum. Definitely has an Antonio Vitali sort of feel about it, but it was made by L. S. Ruth, Guilford, CT, 1982. I've found just two other examples of toys by that maker out there, both early 1980s, but no other bus, and while it feels like it should be a classic, for all I