Eleven Good Box Traps - Original c. 1920s Wee-Sho-U Co. Detroit Blueprint attitude Wooden numbers measure 5/8" diameter

Wooden numbers measure 5/8" diameter

suggesting an infinite multitude of women engaged in this never-ending

The backs of these terrific old tramp art frames--late 19th or early 20th century I believe--are almost as great as their fronts

adding to its Japanese feel

Eleven Good Box Traps - Original c. 1920s Wee-Sho-U Co. Detroit Blueprint attitude Wooden numbers measure 5/8" diameterBefore there were You Tube tutorials, there were little companies like Wee Sho U in Detroit selling this "Eleven Good Box Traps" blueprint (for 30 cents) in the classifieds of "Fur News," "Outside World," "Hunter Trader Trapper" and the like. The eleven different traps pictured are geared toward catching mice, rats, other smallish creatures, detailed in notes alongside each rendering, along with notes as to choice vegetables to use for bait. Each is