Girl and Her Chicks, Sweet Old Postage Stamp Collage Postcard folk art pipe based on both the name

based on both the name and the manner of decoration

is signed at the bottom but I am uncertain of its maker

” Elsewhere a few really fantastic characters caught in the rain

think he showed brilliance at a very young age

staying snugly in place without need to secure it

Girl and Her Chicks, Sweet Old Postage Stamp Collage Postcard folk art pipe based on both the nameSuch a curious thing were old postage stamp collage postcards like this one, and I think this is quite a sweet example, with an excellent use of George Washington's head facing in opposite directions for our girl's purple dress, and perfectly placed "10"s for the heads of those yellow chicks! With watercolor ground and ink drawn details, and a message on reverse noting that it was "an elderly woman over 80 years of age" who made the card. 5 1 2 x 3 9