Wonderful Carved Folk Art Village by Howard Gilman, South Stratford, VT worlds fair souvenir I purchased at an antique

I purchased at an antique store in Missouri

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

4 1/4" t x 1 1/4" w x 1 3/8" d and in very good condition

but holds sturdy under my full weight

which I think just add to the effect

Wonderful Carved Folk Art Village by Howard Gilman, South Stratford, VT worlds fair souvenir I purchased at an antiqueI'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