Wonderful Carved Folk Art Village by Howard Gilman, South Stratford, VT worlds fair souvenir this evocative little map is

this evocative little map is just the sort of thing that ought to give rise to a novel

Overall: 7" l x 3 3/8" wide

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

And should one need to disassemble it

as I recently found a collection of smaller carved birds by the same H

Wonderful Carved Folk Art Village by Howard Gilman, South Stratford, VT worlds fair souvenir this evocative little map isI'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