Wonderful and Unusual Antique Snapshot of Scrapbook Photo Collage antique cast iron cat or maybe even an old

or maybe even an old gymnasium

I think the hard wood may be black walnut

Missile and Space Electronics stencil measures 10 1/8" x 6"

which shows bleed through from a painted star on the other side

The handwritten cursive running along below the image I believe reads "Me Take You Likeness Mitsi

Wonderful and Unusual Antique Snapshot of Scrapbook Photo Collage antique cast iron cat or maybe even an oldWhat a delight to find this old photo this week flipping though the recent additions section of a favorite ephemera dealer in southern Maine. It is a snapshot of a densely packed photo collage done on a scrapbook photo album page long ago and photographed in situ, hanging by a string and complete with shadow. Details tell the story best, and deliver quite an array of delights!!!! You know I love of a photo of an earlier photo and ever better a photo