Parker and Wood Seeds and Tools Victorian Watermelon Man Trade Card floating leaves floating faces It is very faintly stamped

It is very faintly stamped Sierra Leone on the bottom and I believe dates to the 1920s or so

Cards measure approx 2 1/2" x 1 1/2" each

Unemployed in 1935

I suppose he might also have one attached to a dowel by which one walked him along

Parker and Wood Seeds and Tools Victorian Watermelon Man Trade Card floating leaves floating faces It is very faintly stampedThis is my favorite trade card I've found, c. 1890 or so I believe, and a pretty rare one the only other copy I can find of it out there is held int he Cornell University Library Rare and Manuscript Collection. What a face, and what a watermelon, and how much fun I think it would have been to visit Parker & Wood's Agricultural Warehouse and Seed Store (with celebrated ice tools!) in Boston, located just a few steps from historic Faneuil Hall. 5 1 8" x