ELECTRIC SHOW, Pair of Antique Real Photo Postcards of Early Electricity Expo, C.O.Tucker, Boston Phototgrapher carved figure on stand made into a bookend at

made into a bookend at some point long ago

head of the United States Forest Service

and I would guess it dates closer to 1800 than 1900 but I'm not completely certain

I am not at all an expert

The bold choice of gold mat in combination with gilded frame here thus feels quite right and specific

ELECTRIC SHOW, Pair of Antique Real Photo Postcards of Early Electricity Expo, C.O.Tucker, Boston Phototgrapher carved figure on stand made into a bookend atI found this pair of real photo postcards in New Hampshire this week and thought think they're really cool including as reminders of how quickly technological innovation transforms society, again and again. (And reminding me, which I sometimes forget, that so many of things I buy and sell were made by candlelight!) It was the top photo here that drew me, with ELECTRIC SHOW spelled out in lights along one side of the exterior (like a premonition of Las