Mid-Century Phonetic Word Drill Cards, Set of 10 Flip Booklets antique scabbard together with their scale) makes

together with their scale) makes them feel rather carnivalesque to me

Certainly it was drawn by an academically trained artist

expressing the sense of forced constriction facing Indigenous Americans just a few years before the signing of the Dawes Act in 1887

Another great old perfect-pedestal sort of cricket stool

with one of the original pins in tact for holding the long sides together

Mid-Century Phonetic Word Drill Cards, Set of 10 Flip Booklets antique scabbard together with their scale) makesI think of these less as flash cards and more as inspiration machines great for sparking ideas of all sorts. Good as the basis for made up games, too linguistic, pictorial, or even some variation on charades! This complete set contains ten spiral bound booklets, each with 12 flaps plus the base work, and printed on each side, so each booklet representing 24 possible words. Produced by Kenworthy Educational Service, Buffalo NY. c. 1960s. Box: 4 1 2 x 8