REST, W.H. Swan, Ludlow Vermont c. 1880s Funerary Memorial Cabinet Card horse bust with his black hair and

with his black hair and green shorts and pointy nose and chin

The well chipped blue and red paint (and name D

I really love this old box

with a small stain to the bottom right corner of the Ace of Clubs

though I have not been able to figure out the purpose of this particular hook

REST, W.H. Swan, Ludlow Vermont c. 1880s Funerary Memorial Cabinet Card horse bust with his black hair andPerhaps in part because I was really tired when I found it, this one completely spoke to me! One does see a fair number of cabinet cards and stereoviews of funerary flower arrangements, but I think this is really a wonderful example, and rather a transcendent one too whatever the configuration of stand and pillow the memorial arrangement was set upon looks very much like a rocking chair to me, with the portrait mounted just at the spot where one might