Graphite and Watercolor Schoolgirl Portrait: Laura, 1873 snail or storing NYC momentos:)

or storing NYC momentos:)

with more surface wear/a bit of darkening at far left end

large slot on top and cork stopper on bottom

Definitely it is Southwest Pueblo

Graphite and Watercolor Schoolgirl Portrait: Laura, 1873 snail or storing NYC momentos:)Four of these I found together, only one of them this one dated on the back, locating them all in 1873. It seems they may each have been done by a different school girl all with a different name signed to the back, as well as a different subject named on the front. (Perhaps collected by a teacher?) A customer recently noted to me that naive drawings of this sort make her heart beat faster and the same is true for me, just pure joy, and also offering a