Wonderful Carved Folk Art Village by Howard Gilman, South Stratford, VT worlds fair souvenir And should one need to

And should one need to disassemble it

) I love the little face near the top

which I think give the piece a nice patina of age and use

which I think just add to the effect

just the right amount of weirdness

Wonderful Carved Folk Art Village by Howard Gilman, South Stratford, VT worlds fair souvenir And should one need toI've found definitive dates for the Howard Gilman (1894 1979) of South Stratford, Vermont, who made these and stamped each one on the underside, but that's about it. I sure appreciate the love and labor and detail he put into these small wooden structures, though, which include a varied series of houses all with chimneys and most with log piles arranged in one configuration or another as well as a church, a covered bridge, a barn with silo, and a