Hand-Drawn Pen and Ink Postcard of Cigar Smoking Man, Signed Ted Cross party gift by which the whole thing

by which the whole thing can be carried

I think both they

and especially those with loop handles like this one

He's threaded with what I believe is his original string

I am not certain of the wood --it may be cherry

Hand-Drawn Pen and Ink Postcard of Cigar Smoking Man, Signed Ted Cross party gift by which the whole thingI can't imagine this man was not a gangster, or at least a swindler of some sort, and her certainly looks like a smug cat with a canary in his belly! First quarter of the 20th century British and unused and done in black ink with a little blue (with white polka dots!) for the shirt collar. I haven't been able to find out anything about the Ted Cross who signed it, but would guess he drew more than one postcard! There's a large ink smear to the left of