USA, Wonderfully Crude Red White and Blue Painted Cutout with Nails for Keys marionette heads There is also some missing

There is also some missing chinking between the lowest two beams on the front facing side

It was signed and dated October 28

which may not have lasted much beyond 1935 (I have found NO other examples of Mid-Land Novelty's work)--but the company's owner

6 /8" x 5 5/8" and in very good

6 3/8" x 4 3/16

USA, Wonderfully Crude Red White and Blue Painted Cutout with Nails for Keys marionette heads There is also some missingTotal love for this one, wonderfully humble but also very proud! Seems it was made to serve as a key holder, with five nails lined up in a not very straight line across it. With USA carved into the surface, and an all over pattern of impressed marks lending texture to the fields of red white and blue. Perhaps a shop class or summer camp project; rather poignant. 11" x 6 3 4" x 3 4", perfectly aged, no losses and with two eye hooks plus and extra on