Marvelous Antique Handmade Paper Animals, Group One tin type photo with vertical line separating the

with vertical line separating the two parts as if to mark a jump between two different cameras

I never cease to be amazed by the laborious precision of antique Scherenschnitte designs like these

A handwritten note--enclosed in the frame but not attached to the photo--documents this pigeon's 1st place completion of two 300 mile races

which I think makes them a complete set

Marvelous Antique Handmade Paper Animals, Group One tin type photo with vertical line separating thePerhaps a menagerie of cut paper animals and soldiers, too, listed separately would not set everyone's heart racing, but they sure do for me, especially when the names of the animals are written across their fronts in the very best manner of kid handwriting a la 1900 or so. Pure joy. I'm especially partial to Elephant and Elephant Baby, but that Dromedary (aka one humped camel) is pretty fantastic too. I purchased a larger lot of these and have