Amazing 1950s Snapshot of American Family at Leisure handmade clay frog On the reverse it is

On the reverse it is signed by a David Schultz in blue ink and dated 1860--(along with numbers running 1-9 first forwards then backwards)--suggesting perhaps that its maker was in fact David and perhaps that it was made to mark the birth or life of Abraham

I purchased this and a second naive watercolor drawing

1890s or so

and a couple of deeper gouges on one area of one side

) to that forward pointing sharp left elbow and life preserver firmly grasped in the other hand

Amazing 1950s Snapshot of American Family at Leisure handmade clay frog On the reverse it isI think this is an incredible photograph, specifically, and especially as a portrait of the American Family c. 1950s. The mother is crocheting and eying her daughter, the father is reading (and I might guess holding a cigarette just out of view) and the daughter is flying a toy plane, imagining the future! On the mantle, a collection of several photographs, a "Wilson Walkie" elephant, an array of figurines, and very c. 1940s 50s stereotypical Native