Strange Silhouette and Man with Big Fish, Old Snapshot Photo academicl drawing each one loaded with character

each one loaded with character and all together forming quite a beautiful

as it was common for school children to save and collect dimes to buy war bonds

constructed like a backbone of interlocking pieces

with a label shows a 1870 date

giving it a fantastic dynamism

Strange Silhouette and Man with Big Fish, Old Snapshot Photo academicl drawing each one loaded with characterI really love snapshots that feel like film stills and sure feels to me like there is a dialogue going on between these two. I also really love snapshots that feel like dance stills, and the silhouette posture of the figure at near left is so strange it feels a bit that way to me, too. At first I wondered if actually a man at all, or, rather, a sort of scarecrow but I think perhaps he has a rifle, or a rod, or something under his coat that is defining