Hold to Light Postcard with Pencil Drawing on Top and Message for Rosey antique trick playing cards (The wood panel on the

(The wood panel on the back of the mirror can be opened

I just love the semi-secret bottom drawer that pulls out from one side

and the peasant-style clothing carefully sewn in a wonderful mix of colors and patterns

and this is a terrific example

made by someone a hundred years ago or so with a great aesthetic sensibility I think

Hold to Light Postcard with Pencil Drawing on Top and Message for Rosey antique trick playing cards (The wood panel on theI love the fact that our sender a J. T, I believe chose this postcard to send to Miss Rosy Marek, who I have to think was a redhead. I also love that he spelled her name two different ways, and signed off with a proper "good bye" and then an H. K which at least in my mind stands for hugs and kisses, but who knows? But most of all I love the drawing he made of himself on the front, suggesting that this is the way Rosey ought to take him to a dance,