Marvelous Antique Handmade Paper Animals, Group One taxco bottle invented in 1879

invented in 1879

whose last name I can't quite read

published by John Payson Soule (1828-1904)

which tells the story of its making

Marvelous Antique Handmade Paper Animals, Group One taxco bottle invented in 1879Perhaps a menagerie of cut paper animals and soldiers, too, listed separately would not set everyone's heart racing, but they sure do for me, especially when the names of the animals are written across their fronts in the very best manner of kid handwriting a la 1900 or so. Pure joy. I'm especially partial to Elephant and Elephant Baby, but that Dromedary (aka one humped camel) is pretty fantastic too. I purchased a larger lot of these and have