No It is Rotten Out, c. 1920s Ink Stamp and Graphite on 19th c. Ledger Paper secret and this is a bit

and this is a bit of an unusual one

I have found one other similar pair online dated to the 1920s

I think it dates to the 60s or 70s

This Sapolin Gold Leaf Kit in its original wonderful turned wooden canister with dome lid

but certainly quite a thing

No It is Rotten Out, c. 1920s Ink Stamp and Graphite on 19th c. Ledger Paper secret and this is a bitThis is one of five drawings on ledger paper I am listing, all found together, with some 19th c. writing on some of the pages, but the drawings (or in this case printed lettering) done a few decades later, I'm guessing 1920s or 30s, when a kid, or a couple of them, got a hold of the ledger. The phrase "No, it is rotten out" spelled out in hand stamped letters really makes this for me, but then I also like to think about handsome George, and wonder