Maple Tree in Our Pasture, Antique Mounted Albumen Print antique clown toy 8” long x 1” diameter

8” long x 1” diameter

and some glue (rubber cement I think) showing around the edges of some of the rounds

charming in their red

which over the past 100 years or more had alligatored brilliantly

which honestly makes me love it more--a strange hybrid thing

Maple Tree in Our Pasture, Antique Mounted Albumen Print antique clown toy 8” long x 1” diameterI love of old photograph that honors a specific beloved tree, and even better to find a handwritten note on the back of this one identifying it as "maple tree in our pasture." And even better still the pile of stones to the left of the tree in the photograph, with a view to a stone wall in the distance, which one imagines these would soon intended to extend. Wonderful. Albumen print mounted to card. Card measures 8 1 2" x 5 1 4". Last quarter 19th c I