The "Meccano Destroyer" Speeding Along, WW1 RPPC of Folk Art Diorama dansk japan color bright and bold

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so if stood upright it will not hold in position if pointed horizontally

Base is 5” long measured on the square x 1 1/2” d

and an early American Express paper shipping label still adhered to the top

and marked (using knots or tie marks) at certain intervals

The "Meccano Destroyer" Speeding Along, WW1 RPPC of Folk Art Diorama dansk japan color bright and boldYou may be better at deciphering the long note written in very small print on the back of this real photo postcard than I, but I can decipher the date of October, 8, 1917, and the location, Seacroft. And I can make out that the diorama captured by the photographer was the creation of the child, showing the Meccano Destroyer off to "pick the huns" with huns, I believe, slang for Germans. Of course me its all about the diorama, with wonderfully folky