1919 Biddle Sport, from J.T. Garvin's "Wildfire" Portfolio, 1969-70 profiles and with a profile to

and with a profile to match

A close up view reveals the boaters to be Native American

It seems like fate by which I found this "Flying Fickle Finger of Fate"--at an antiques/collectibles shop where I never find anything but popped into on a whim

with 1868 and 1871 patent dates

Puppets approx 8 1/2" tall

1919 Biddle Sport, from J.T. Garvin's "Wildfire" Portfolio, 1969-70 profiles and with a profile toThis drawing came from a larger portfolio of some 50 drawings, all of cars, most initialed and dated 1969 or 70 on reverse, which with some piecing together I've figured out were done by a Jerry Thayer Garvin of Nottingham, NH all as the imagined holdings of a fictional "Wildfire Corporation" founded in 1898. Found in the portfolio was an elaborate set of notes detailing the makers and models of the cars held in this fictional Wildfire Collection,