Dennison Handy Box No 64, c. 1930s-40s, Packed beautiful wooden blocks with a bit of damage

with a bit of damage to the face on the sixth (and five are easier to pile up) so I've mostly documented those

It's the mended patch that really sold me on this flyswatter

I just love the atmospheric quality of the image

because I can never resist a nice old set of wooden blocks

Dennison Handy Box No 64, c. 1930s-40s, Packed beautiful wooden blocks with a bit of damageThe Dennison Manufacturing Company (1844 1990) which produced this "Handy Box No. 64," c. 1920s 30s I believe, was a Framingham, Massachusetts based paper products manufacturer and international leader in the stationery market. And if this was no 64 in a series of boxed kits, seems to me one would have everything one could every possibly need to complete every task imaginable and keep themselves busy for the rest of their lives if they had the whole