Wonderful Carved Folk Art Village by Howard Gilman, South Stratford, VT worlds fair souvenir as I recently found a

as I recently found a collection of smaller carved birds by the same H

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

but holds sturdy under my full weight

just the right amount of weirdness

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

Wonderful Carved Folk Art Village by Howard Gilman, South Stratford, VT worlds fair souvenir as I recently found aI'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