1862 Schoolgirl Cut Paper Hairwork Momentos - SOLD INDIVIDUALLY vintage color-aid standard set and that basket at the

and that basket at the center

The American Legion was established in Paris in 1919 under the leadership of Theodore Roosevelt to deal with the needs and well-being of the nearly two million veterans returning from France after WWI

complete focus is on the gestures and expressions of the two bodies

then the face--seeming to me exactly the face that a coffee cup should have--was incised and and clay eyes added

and there is just a little warping to the wood of the lid

1862 Schoolgirl Cut Paper Hairwork Momentos - SOLD INDIVIDUALLY vintage color-aid standard set and that basket at theSOLD: A, D, E So much fun to find these! Each example here features two cut paper pieces with braided or twisted hair samples stitched onto sky blue paper, with the initials of the friends or family members from whence they came written in pencil, most often inside of hearts! I would guess all of these came from one album, kept by a young girl, with one example noting the year: 1862. Kind of amazing how well they endured from the Civil War era until