Marvelous Old Hand-drawn Cutout Paper Soldiers Mounted to Wood angels singing 1900 (monochromatic lithograph prints like

1900 (monochromatic lithograph prints like these

with what appears to be “MM”  “’78” and VT

For the menagerie

I really love his baby blue and white painted sailor's outfit

elevating a game of checkers to a serious (but joyful) pastime

Marvelous Old Hand-drawn Cutout Paper Soldiers Mounted to Wood angels singing 1900 (monochromatic lithograph prints likeThese are among my favorite finds ever, and exactly the sort of thing I am forever searching for, bringing total joy at their singular existence, and marvel at their tender, labor intensive execution. It seems to me the uniforms could be c. late 19th century US Army, but I think look rather more like WWI French, and those mustached profiles do look rather French to me. Each one was hand drawn in pencil and colored pencil or crayon on scraps of stiff