Clinton Farmer's Exchange c. 1940s Kitchen Reminder Brown Grocery Bags - A Dozen hand-drawn paper soldiers but this is very lovely

but this is very lovely

Crazing and a couple of small chips

make me think this is likely a mourning piece and dates to the 1860s

with one finger in each armhole and another inside the opening to the head

now empty of the nuts

Clinton Farmer's Exchange c. 1940s Kitchen Reminder Brown Grocery Bags - A Dozen hand-drawn paper soldiers but this is very lovelyBrilliant! I'm not sure if one would keep a stack of these bags on hand at home or just fill them out at the store, but either way I assume they'd hand them to a clerk at the Clinton Farmers Exchange to gather the groceries circled. Either way, what a great device for merging a grocery list and a grocery bag in one, and perfect now for taking to the store filled out in advance. Of course one might need to make some handwritten additons to the list,