Pair of Early Wooden Block Houses tile game works great--just squeeze the bottom

works great--just squeeze the bottom ends of the wooden sticks to which he is attached

and they're super useful in the kitchen for scooping small measures of spices

these toys were made famous in the USA by the Milton Bradley Company

or Káínawa of southern Alberta

Pair of Early Wooden Block Houses tile game works great--just squeeze the bottomI found these two little block houses along with some more block buildings of the same ilk, but as those seemed fit for the center of town, and these for just outside of it, I'm listing them separately. They are old ones (one in this lot had a sticker note of 1890s on it and another 1930s, so sometime in that range), and I think surely came from a larger set of houses, but these are the two that survived. Approx 2 1 8" t x 2 3 8 w. Good condition,