As Found, Evocative Brown Paper Wrapped Packet of Bird Identification Labels whirlygig To me makes me think

To me makes me think of a pair of bright stars emerging from a black sky

Signed and dated 1917 on the reverse

12 1/4” l x 3 1/8” w x 3 1/2” d and in good

so lid just rests on top

As Found, Evocative Brown Paper Wrapped Packet of Bird Identification Labels whirlygig To me makes me thinkSomething about this package of labels wrapped in brown paper and tied up in string satisfies my eye and sensibilities very much. And then there is the fact of what's inside: hundreds of unused printed cardstock labels produced by the American Ornithological Union (now Society) made for identifying birds. I believe these would have been used as tags for labeling specimens, as in Chicago's Field Museum or the Museum of Natural History. And so, one