Birth Place, Unusual Antique Cabinet Card Photo of Punch Paper House Portrait Needlepoint lucky penny I would have killed to

I would have killed to have one of these when I was a kid playing waitress--and must say it's given me a good amount of pleasure playing with it now

and contributing to a great patina

or for rouge/powder

Great for lining up along the edge of a shelf in a long row

whose hand-painted face and colorful outfit (and spiky hands with painted nails

Birth Place, Unusual Antique Cabinet Card Photo of Punch Paper House Portrait Needlepoint lucky penny I would have killed toYou know I love a photograph of an earlier photo, and a photograph of an earlier painted portrait too: technological innovations, such as the invention of the tintype, enabled the production of inexpensive copies, and hence an easier carrying forward of the past into the future. (Such richness in moments of transition and translation from one medium to another I always think.) This though is I believe is the first cabinet card I've seen capturing a