Canned Laughter

I’ve been window shopping on E-bay again.  What do you think of these?

Turn of the century doctor’s carriage from North Carolina.

My doctor drives a Hummer and apparently it’s still not as sturdy as this since he can’t make house calls in it.

Toy piano with five keys. Still plays!

I just think this itty bitty piano is beautiful. Note the cheerful red paint with the “wood grain”.

Mechanical keys for toys and clocks.

I love how orderly they look on the graph paper.

And my favorite item for when your muff gets out of shape

(Don’t you hate when that happens?):

A Muff Block!

Used by furriers for shaping hand muffs. It comes apart in sections for removal after the fur is sewn to the correct shape.

I think it’s rather a shame that muffs have gone out of fashion. As a child I carried my white rabbit muff everywhere during the winter and used it as a soft pillow for sleeping in the car. Nowadays you hardly ever see women sporting pretty furry muffs.

I blame the Brazilians.