A.O.C Secret Society Emblem 1909 Hand-drawn Postcard Nova Scotia vintage pottery still have some blonde eyelashes

still have some blonde eyelashes attached

but I have not been able to find it in the The New Yorker's archive in order to date it--but surely what makes for demographic perfection has become more complex and conflicted since it was published

Plenty of room to fit a hand inside

The eyes are bone too

I also love that it is hollow inside

A.O.C Secret Society Emblem 1909 Hand-drawn Postcard Nova Scotia vintage pottery still have some blonde eyelashesSo curious! The message on reverse of this postcard, sent to a "Fellow Member" reports that the Fellows had "decided on this emblem" (though haven't started on buttons yet)! Perhaps the "A. O. C" stands for Ancient Order of Cats??? And what a cat, but I really have no idea about the corkscrew extending from one paw and apple held up high in the other. I have to think this emblem may not have endured too long, but I really love its weirdness, and do