Old Red Zig Zag Edged 212 Wooden Sign brick painting One of the things I

One of the things I love most about old folk carved whimsies is that even when representing fairly common forms -- chain links

Just a sweet and handy little thing

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I believe these blocks were part of a larger boxed Color Cubes set

Each accommodates a photos of up to 3" x 4

Old Red Zig Zag Edged 212 Wooden Sign brick painting One of the things IWhen I spotted this old sign, I immediately thought not of what I'm sure was its original function as a house number, but rather of the original, now impossible to attain 212 Manhattan area code. So I grabbed it for a longtime New Yorker to hang proudly, I hope or perhaps for a former Manhattanite like me, for whom 212 immediately provokes nostalgia for younger days in NYC, forever a core part of one's identity! Of a great scale at 25 inches long x 11