Wonderful Folk Art Workers on Railway Hand Car Pull Toy man in tophat 5 3/4" x 4 1/4"

5 3/4" x 4 1/4"

In addition to the missing stitches and pin holes

to the carved face and hat

The earlyist of the three appears to date to 1989

the educational toys company also produced Latino and African American families of a similar ilk

Wonderful Folk Art Workers on Railway Hand Car Pull Toy man in tophat 5 3/4" x 4 1/4"I'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