Buggy, Cabin, Sense of Drama, Striking Antique Gelatin Silver Print antique french miniature portrait but the engravings in this

but the engravings in this rare volume are abundant and quite marvelous

with three of the cards showing railway signals to be read at a distance of 20 feet--as these were commonly used for testing the vision of train conductors/railway workers

with these thin black threads tethering the two together

and the lid slides on and off easily

with metal plates mending an old split from either side

Buggy, Cabin, Sense of Drama, Striking Antique Gelatin Silver Print antique french miniature portrait but the engravings in thisTo my eye a super striking and evocative antique photograph, which feels a lot like a film still, and definitely as if capturing a scene from a much longer novel: what are the stories of these four (five), and the picture taker too, and what has brought them together here? Heading west I might guess, standing for the moment in what feels quite like the dry middle of nowhere. 4 x 4 15 16 and in good antique condition, very late 19th very early 20th c.