Mary Helen King's Wonderful "Hard Word Dictionary" with Hand-written Definitions and Drawings, 1940 test puzzle One or maybe two very

One or maybe two very minor glaze chips as documented

I purchased this and a second watercolor by the same person at Brimfield

And of course if you are lucky enough to have a chicken coop

It appears they are wearing uniforms marked with an "H"--perhaps runners on a track team  taking their reward of an end of practice dip

and nice addition to any carved cast of characters

Mary Helen King's Wonderful "Hard Word Dictionary" with Hand-written Definitions and Drawings, 1940 test puzzle One or maybe two veryThis one arrived in the mail when I really needed some cheering up, and a cheer up it delivered and continues to deliver every time I look at it. I wish I had the pleasure to know the Mary Helen King who created it how not to like a girl who took it upon herself to create a "Hard Word Dictionary"? And the fact that she was not a terribly accomplished draw er did not slow her down, except when it came to "Monkey," where, in lieu of an illustration, she