Strange Silhouette and Man with Big Fish, Old Snapshot Photo academicl drawing The postage stamp on the

The postage stamp on the back is dated 1908 but it was written and mailed in 1912

Late 19th/early 20th  c

I believe the hand-carved wooden chips and bone dice here were made for playing Parcheesi

as it was common for school children to save and collect dimes to buy war bonds

Strange Silhouette and Man with Big Fish, Old Snapshot Photo academicl drawing The postage stamp on theI really love snapshots that feel like film stills and sure feels to me like there is a dialogue going on between these two. I also really love snapshots that feel like dance stills, and the silhouette posture of the figure at near left is so strange it feels a bit that way to me, too. At first I wondered if actually a man at all, or, rather, a sort of scarecrow but I think perhaps he has a rifle, or a rod, or something under his coat that is defining