Gulf of MEXICO, Old Hand-drawn Ink and Crayon Schoolgirl Map sand glass and immediately making me think

and immediately making me think of Thomas Hart Benton

and some of the powder substance still inside--an iron carbonate used extensively in the early to mid 19th century for treating everything from anemia to hemorrhages to yellow fever (typically dissolved in acid and mixed with alcohol form what I can tell

I believe these old flags were likely used for semaphore rather than as stand alone signal flags since they are a matching pair

but its maker

I have thoroughly documented them from all sides to show discoloration on some

Gulf of MEXICO, Old Hand-drawn Ink and Crayon Schoolgirl Map sand glass and immediately making me thinkI love any old kid drawn map but found this one especially good and timely for placing the Gulf of MEXICO right at the center. Panama is in this one too, though not labeled but not Canada, or Greenland! Signed Eleanor Allard in tiny letters along the bottom edge 9" x 6 1 8" and in good condition, ink and crayon on construction type paper. I found Eleanor Allard of Damariscotta, ME, 1917 2005; this map likely dates to the late 1920s very early 30s.