Wonderful Folk Art Workers on Railway Hand Car Pull Toy old wooden train car not the glass

not the glass

Signed (incised) in Japanese on the underside

also like me

but also stunning just for display

Wonderful Folk Art Workers on Railway Hand Car Pull Toy old wooden train car not the glassI've included a short video clip of this toy rolling, which is not very good but gives a sense of what active workers these two are, bending two and fro as the cart is pulled along by the string (or just given a push.) I was though, of course, sold on this toy as soon as I saw this blue eyed pair in their orange uniforms and caps, whether they moved or not! Early 20th century I believe, found in Pennsylvania, and to me eye and sensibility completely