scholar & one-time assistant to Kerouac’s former wife Edie Kerouac Parker
Each measures approx 8 3/4" x 6 1/4"
I’d guess 1940s or so I would guess
was purchased by the Rhode Island Steamship Lines and was re-powered with new diesel engines before operating seasonally on various routes in Massachusetts
11 1/2" x 9" in very good condition
MIZPAH, 19th C. Punch Paper Embroidery on Ribbon painting on glass scholar & one-time assistant toAnother of a handful of 19th c. punch paper embroideries I'm listing today, all of which came from one huge ephemera collection. This is the first "Mitzpah" I've come across Hebrew for "watchtower," and meaning, essentially, "may God watch over you." As I've learned, it came into popular use in the Victorian era, as a sentiment express remembrance in absence. I love the all capitals declaration here, and added cross, composed of two cut strips of