Anxious Girl in Stripes with Pigeons in Atlantic City, Wonderful (and highly relatable) 1948 Photo root wood and among the first iterations

and among the first iterations of the jig saw puzzle

Gilt brass with black enamel

perhaps within which the cabinet door once hung

making me imagine a toll booth with a 25 cent passage fee

in the nice old wooden frame I found it in

Anxious Girl in Stripes with Pigeons in Atlantic City, Wonderful (and highly relatable) 1948 Photo root wood and among the first iterationsThis girl after my own heart, somewhat awkward and also slightly traumatized, while still also eager and hopeful that this pigeon should take a nibble from her hand. I love her, and her stripes, and whole scene, more pigeons gathering around at her feet. Could get out of control! On the back: Atlantic City, 1948. 4 5 8" x 3 11 16". Photo, matte paper.