Eleven Good Box Traps - Original c. 1920s Wee-Sho-U Co. Detroit Blueprint attitude A wonderful little finely hand-carved

A wonderful little finely hand-carved wooden Black Forest bear

and the handle on the lid of the box appears a bit tilted

adding to its Japanese feel

The backs of these terrific old tramp art frames--late 19th or early 20th century I believe--are almost as great as their fronts

suggesting an infinite multitude of women engaged in this never-ending

Eleven Good Box Traps - Original c. 1920s Wee-Sho-U Co. Detroit Blueprint attitude A wonderful little finely hand-carvedBefore there were You Tube tutorials, there were little companies like Wee Sho U in Detroit selling this "Eleven Good Box Traps" blueprint (for 30 cents) in the classifieds of "Fur News," "Outside World," "Hunter Trader Trapper" and the like. The eleven different traps pictured are geared toward catching mice, rats, other smallish creatures, detailed in notes alongside each rendering, along with notes as to choice vegetables to use for bait. Each is