Marvelous Antique Naive Marching Band Drawing on Inside School Book Cover iron object A little research tells me

A little research tells me that the Durkee family was important in the settlement of Oregon

Useful in the studio or in the tool box for sure

with a little scraping to the paint here and there

but the paint is long gone if so

Rhead Pottery in Santa Barbara operated only from 1914-17 so the date on this is certain

Marvelous Antique Naive Marching Band Drawing on Inside School Book Cover iron object A little research tells meOne of my very favorite drawings I've ever found, and just the sort I'm forever opening old school books in hopes of discovering but never do. I can imagine few characters better than these musicians lined in their blue caps and suits, with wonderfully distinctive faces, surely based on real people, and this perfect yellow for horn and trumpet and drum. The hand of the figure pressing the buttons of his trumpet from above is my very favorite detail,