Charming, Curious Black ink on Wood Repeat Drawing of Coal Train and Driver orange lacquer nesting box he lived next door to

he lived next door to his parents

4" tall (measured straight up and down)

which was then covered with a denim-weight brown fabric

5" tall x 3" wide and deep

In one side window

Charming, Curious Black ink on Wood Repeat Drawing of Coal Train and Driver orange lacquer nesting box he lived next door toI have no idea the story behind this, but I think it's fabulous with this early locomotive coal train hand drawn over and over on old plywood panel in what appears to have been a black marker. I've tried to figure out what the partial text on the bottom might refer to looks like the existing letters might read Hemfield, but that has lead me nowhere. I just love the manner of the drawing, with this little man in brimmed hat at the center of the train,