From The Queen Breeder, 1921 Postmarked Cover, Bellevue Ohio carved granite relatively humble one was made

relatively humble one was made from cigar box wood I believe

2 1/4" t x 3 1/4" w x 1 1/2" d

The cover of the portfolio is fairly torn as are the paper backings for a few of the tipped in prints

but toward the end he seems to have learned how to write

From The Queen Breeder, 1921 Postmarked Cover, Bellevue Ohio carved granite relatively humble one was madeI am not sure if this envelope once contained a queen bee in a small queen bee box or just some correspondence, but what en envelop! A little research seems to indicate that H. G Quirin was at it breeding queens for quite a long time, with a notation (of an advertisement in a bee keeping journal) as early as 1861, but with this envelop postmarked 1921! (I think perhaps the the former notation is incorrect, but who knows?) The envelop itself looks c.