Very Young Chair Makers, 1907 RPPC with Note to Grandma, Kutztown, PA pocket watch and perfectly set off by

and perfectly set off by the dark background

as well as very painterly installations of barrels in alleys

and the gold leaf of the "pages" are just gorgeous

I never paid much attention to stone (marble) fruit until seeing an incredibly fine (and very expensive) antique sliced pear with seeds not long ago

Very Young Chair Makers, 1907 RPPC with Note to Grandma, Kutztown, PA pocket watch and perfectly set off byA very tender real photo postcard, postmarked 1907 which for me is all about the interplay of the photo and the handwritten text. "Hello Grandma, I thought I would sent [sic] you a postal to let you know I am still alive. This is my parner [sic] and my picture's were [sic] I work. Good bye. J. L. O. Answer." And so young these two boys look, working at making chairs it appears, each one with a hand on the the back of his particular chair with what