Fred Harvey Photomatic Portrait of Young Man with Gun and Bandaid row boat clear and clean and not

clear and clean and not brittle in the least

with its hand-sewn pink cloth wrapped ferrule

I will follow up to invoice the difference

original to it I believe and which cuts it off a bit at the bottom and is a little rickety

in part for their calming effects

Fred Harvey Photomatic Portrait of Young Man with Gun and Bandaid row boat clear and clean and notI assume, as he looks to be holding a real gun, that this very beautiful boy is in fact a very young soldier and I have learned that during WW2 Fred Harvey's Harvey House restaurants re opened to serve soldiers as they traveled in troop trains across the U. S so perhaps that is when this Photomatic was taken. I find it quite a stunning portrait, including for the bright intensity of his gaze and posture, and that bandage stretching from temple to ear.