Adam Schwarz's Gorgeous 1849s-54 Leather Wallet with Calendar, Notebook and Ambrotype in and watercolor should flatten out under some

should flatten out under some weight or with a light ironing

and the jug to the left of it and low table and tiny stool near the center of the room

which is how these cards operate

Some pencil writing on first few pages too

with a small clean tear along the right edge at the red shed roof

Adam Schwarz's Gorgeous 1849s-54 Leather Wallet with Calendar, Notebook and Ambrotype in and watercolor should flatten out under someI purchased this and a second leather covered notebook from the same old school antique shop in New Hampshire, where I've turned up some really interesting things now again. I haven't dug too deep into the history here but I believe the Adam Schwarz who kept this notebook, and who I would guess is the subject of the ambrotype (or at least a relative of), is Johan Adam Schwarz (he's written the name Johan a few times in the notebook), born 1809 in