Old Wooden House, Hagerstown MD 1911 Real Photo Postcard 18th century playing cards I'd guess it dates to

I'd guess it dates to the early 20th century if not a little earlier

Around this time

with detailed carving on its face

) at his bleeding cheek

and a bit of peeling off/loss of adhesion on one part of the back side (I have not touched it

Old Wooden House, Hagerstown MD 1911 Real Photo Postcard 18th century playing cards I'd guess it dates toMy documentation doesn't do justice to the beauty and subtlety of this photo, which immediately reminded me of the the indexical, typological photographs of Bernd and Hilla Becher. The twist, though, is the printed right border of the image, with what looks like a leaf caught just inside in the frame. Really wonderful shadows cast by the the beams of what I guess would be described as an arbor framing the front door. And if you look closely you can