1906 Cuttyhunk "Hole in the Wall" Cyanotype Real Photo Post Card pewter box with red stone Some paint loss and scrapes

Some paint loss and scrapes as pictured

until I noted that the numbers on the side run 0 to 6 rather than showing temperatures

while also shifting in character based on how the light hits it

including pieces made with real scarabs

4" l x 2 5/8" t x 1 1/2" w

1906 Cuttyhunk "Hole in the Wall" Cyanotype Real Photo Post Card pewter box with red stone Some paint loss and scrapesLots embedded in this cyanotype rppc, sent from a "Lizzie" in Cuttyhunk to Frank Slocum of South Westport, MA in 1906. It seems sure that Slocum was a descendent of Peleg Slocum, the Quaker from Portsmouth, RI who bought the island of Cuttyhunk in 1693 and whose family continued to live on it for many generations. One does wonder what all is going on inside the hole in the wall" pictured, which it looks like someone is entering with alacrity, perhaps