Surreal Looking Hand-painted and Faded 1900 Stereoview, "The Courtesy" civilization Feels like fall with Halloween

Feels like fall with Halloween around the corner

but all of the ones I can find other there are marked one way or another and this one is not

The metal cap of the bottle will screw off but the foil covered cork stopped is held tightly in place

5 1/4" t x 4 3/8" in diameter

There are numerous holes on their backs for hanging from screws or nails

Surreal Looking Hand-painted and Faded 1900 Stereoview, "The Courtesy" civilization Feels like fall with HalloweenThe caption here tells us its a Colonial era parlor scene, and it seems clear that the woman at the center of the image (with an insane looking bright red smile) is giving a curtsy (a courtesy), but the way in which the photographic image has faded while the painting over top has remained turns the whole thing quite surreal. (Which one might say this sort social ceremony was is to begin with!) There is also a woman in white in the background who keeps