Scarce and Very Cool 1920s Walter Johnson Baseball Game Spinner/Teetotem drag There are a couple of

There are a couple of small chips to the wood on the backside of his feet

but one has the sense it was very much a labor of love

the diversity of messages on these old punch/perforated paper needlepoints just kills me

making me think this was likely a gift from her husband

I love a portrait like this

Scarce and Very Cool 1920s Walter Johnson Baseball Game Spinner/Teetotem drag There are a couple ofJust in time for baseball season, this excellent and scarce teetotem, which was once part of the "Walter Johnson Baseball Game," an early baseball themed board game, published in 1925. The game was named in honor of the star pitcher for the Washington Senators, Walter Perry Johnson (1887 1946), nicknamed "the Big Train" for the blinding speed of his fastball. In the board game, each player would go to bat facing off against Johnson by spinning the