Ray's Funny "Chow Box", c. 1930s-40s with Lunch Related Jokes Scratched In All Over copper print blocks There are fold lines running

There are fold lines running both horizontally and vertically across the center and various ink stains etc

Based on others I've looked at

I tend to gravitate toward samplers executed with far less precision than this antique cross-stitch

perfectly constructed

Ray's Funny "Chow Box", c. 1930s-40s with Lunch Related Jokes Scratched In All Over copper print blocks There are fold lines runningI think Ray's wife amused herself a great deal annotating his lunch box I imagine much more fun than preparing and packing his lunch each day! Photos detail the playful notes scratched into the paint everywhere, which comment on the matter of lunch ("Have respect for our coffee It is old and weak", "Chef's Special: Baloney ala sandwich," "Music furnished with our bean sandwiches"..). and also treat the lunch box itself as a place: "complaints