Slightly Mixed Set of c. 1870s Hill's Alphabet and Animal Blocks (15) carved animal; is the growing of crops

is the growing of  crops to be harvested and transported to market elsewhere--which really developed in the U

and after waiting patiently several weeks for them I am not disappointed

I think I'll never get over the magic of antique pressed seaweed/sea moss specimens

I added one tab where one was missing

This reads to me rather like a salesman sample for a full-scale handmade straw broom

Slightly Mixed Set of c. 1870s Hill's Alphabet and Animal Blocks (15) carved animal; is the growing of cropsI can never resist a beautiful old alphabet block, or 15 of them, these perhaps the most iconic of them all, made by the S. L. Hill Company, 2nd half 19th century. Seems this is a mixed set, with three showing a bit lighter red (I think these are the earliest ones), and I believe a complete large set would have contained 20 blocks in a slide top box (though I've also seen sets of 12). Two sides show red with black letters, two sides white with black