Wonderful and Unusual Antique Snapshot of Scrapbook Photo Collage antique cast iron cat I think the hard wood

I think the hard wood may be black walnut

utilitarian construction

A note on the back of this wonderful snake tells us that it was made in spring or early summer 1957 at a YMCA in Washington DC as the bottom of a pipe rack--which definitely makes me wish I could see the whole pipe rack

evocative of veins and capillaries inside a body

Wonderful and Unusual Antique Snapshot of Scrapbook Photo Collage antique cast iron cat I think the hard woodWhat a delight to find this old photo this week flipping though the recent additions section of a favorite ephemera dealer in southern Maine. It is a snapshot of a densely packed photo collage done on a scrapbook photo album page long ago and photographed in situ, hanging by a string and complete with shadow. Details tell the story best, and deliver quite an array of delights!!!! You know I love of a photo of an earlier photo and ever better a photo