Two Birds, Pennsylvania German Schoolgirl Fraktur Watercolor palm tree Three pads at some point

Three pads at some point were added to the bottom

the founder of Kellogg's cereal company

One of the things I like about this sort of photographic deterioration is that feels as if having emerged from within the photo itself rather than occurring on the surface of it

I love this

and then two banded patterns around the neck

Two Birds, Pennsylvania German Schoolgirl Fraktur Watercolor palm tree Three pads at some pointNo great surprise that I had to go to Pennsylvania to find this one and I felt like I lucked into it, after several days of seeing schoolgirl fraktur watercolors like this priced through the roof. To my eye, a perfect thing, done by a young Edna, mid 19th c. I believe, who signed the paper on reverse, and painted a backward E at upper left. Framed: 7 1 4" x 5 7 8". Paper size: 6 1 4" x 5". All in very good antique condition. I placed the watercolor in