Rare c. 1880s Palmer Cox Brownies Matching Game Cards (Partial Set) toy top handmade paper cover that makes

handmade paper cover that makes it feel rather as if it might contain the secrets to the universe

Pohl was absorbed by Horner Co

as point of reference

Nice warm patina to the dry wood

Rare c. 1880s Palmer Cox Brownies Matching Game Cards (Partial Set) toy top handmade paper cover that makesThese seem to be quite the rare cards; I have only found one reference to them out there, from a baseball card afficionado relative to the two baseball player depictions included! Certainly there is a fair amount of material out there featuring the Brownies imaginary sprites invented by Canadian author and illustrator Palmer Cox, apparently based on Celtic mythology and highland Scottish tales told to Cox by his grandmother but these I believe are