Boy with Laundry on the Line, Barely There, Very Lovely Old Real Photo Postcard handloomed their fathers or husbands were

their fathers or husbands were cutting and carving up the cigar boxes to make tramp art frames and the like

line them up in a row on a shelf

Drawing size (visible) is 6 7/8" x 4 5/8"

and the color more as if hand-dyed

I find our collective attachment to "relics"  fascinating in general

Boy with Laundry on the Line, Barely There, Very Lovely Old Real Photo Postcard handloomed their fathers or husbands wereThe soft tonality underexposure of photo very much enhances it for me, making it feel dreamy and a bit romantic and perhaps our farm boy here in his half unbuttoned overalls and rolled up shirt sleeves is having romantic dreams of his own as he hangs up (and looks a bit as if fondling) the stockings! Hard to beat an image of laundry hanging out in the breeze, really. Lovely. 5 3 8" x 3 3 8". Good condition, unused postcard back.