You are absolutely correct, Bakersgma, it is not a hen/chicken. :shame: Oh well, I think I'll again mention "Carmen Miranda" as a possible...
I'll leave it to you, Bookahtoo, to decide but . . . is it possible that the hen (chicken) is "Clara Cluck" (the "dancing hen") from/by Disney?...
Yes, the chicks survived, as did the little girl, thank goodness. ;)
And then there was a four-year-old girl who, after her daddy had brought some baby chicks into the house in a box because of a severe "cold-snap"...
Just curious but . . . where did you happen to read that "lazy Susan" and "dumbwaiter" are synonyms?
Oh my goodness, ScanticAntiques, you are so lucky to have found them. They are even more fortunate that you were the one to find and appreciate...
Thank you, ScanticAntiques. Oh, that is so sweet. That little girl is adorable. Love the lamb/sheep pull toy (or perhaps just a "rolling" toy...
You're right, Bakersgma. That hand looks "awkward" too. Hmmm. ??????
ScanticAntiques, I can hardly wait until you post the child holding a stuffed sheep toy.;)
Thank you for that last photo, ScanticAntiques. It looks like Figtree was correct -- it was an angle-trick.
ScanticAntiques, I'm just curious but . . . It strikes me as a bit unusual that the woman's hand on the right side of the photo as we are seeing...
Thanks for that information, Evelyb.
Gregsglass, that is so funny about "Gram would have used him to sprinkle water while ironing." My mother was still ironing all of our cotton...
Perhaps it's for something to be "shaken" out -- small nuts, small dried fruit, herbs/seeds/beans of some sort?????? Then again, you don't know...
Just curious -- what size is that crab? Does it have a "flat" back? Do you think it might be a doorstop (perhaps in a beach/coastal house)?
I went to a "county" school grades 1 through 12 which served both the "community/village" we lived in as well as a large portion of the county...
"cotton harvester, machine for harvesting cotton bolls. Mechanical cotton harvesters are of two basic types, strippers and pickers. Stripper-type...
ScanticAntiques, that's an interesting photo. Those are two nice-looking horses pulling the wagon. I'm sort of surprised those are horses and...
Figtree3 has it. ;)
G. DeDorminicy ????????????
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