Painterly, Ethereal Old Snapshot of Young Woman with Sandcastle embossing co spelling blocks via a handy key

via a handy key

which would explain her strange posture

has at least some age

I've just learned these hand-painted jointed figures are Amos and Sandy (thus the A on the chest of the black figure)

Holes at the center of top and bottom for putting screws through

Painterly, Ethereal Old Snapshot of Young Woman with Sandcastle embossing co spelling blocks via a handy keyI purchased this one and a number of the photos listed today from a wonderful photography collector, scholar and dealer in my neck of the wood, with this one the relative splurge among them. So winsome, and so fine and delicate feeling, with a perfect marriage between the formal qualities of the photograph and its content, as if all on the cusp of being washed away. Just lovely. 4 1 8" x 3 1 8" and in very good condition. (I do my best getting color