Wonderful and Unusual Antique Snapshot of Scrapbook Photo Collage antique cast iron cat The handwritten cursive running along

The handwritten cursive running along below the image I believe reads "Me Take You Likeness Mitsi

I think the hard wood may be black walnut

A note on the back of this wonderful snake tells us that it was made in spring or early summer 1957 at a YMCA in Washington DC as the bottom of a pipe rack--which definitely makes me wish I could see the whole pipe rack

utilitarian construction

Love and Truth) painted across the bottom

Wonderful and Unusual Antique Snapshot of Scrapbook Photo Collage antique cast iron cat The handwritten cursive running alongWhat a delight to find this old photo this week flipping though the recent additions section of a favorite ephemera dealer in southern Maine. It is a snapshot of a densely packed photo collage done on a scrapbook photo album page long ago and photographed in situ, hanging by a string and complete with shadow. Details tell the story best, and deliver quite an array of delights!!!! You know I love of a photo of an earlier photo and ever better a photo