Charles Ainsworth Chauffeur Liscence, Halesito NY, 1941 handmade fishing decoy some surface wear and tarnishing

some surface wear and tarnishing

giving specificity to the masked figure at far right as surely a bank-robber

I love the hourglass shape and the detail at one end with a ring hat looks like a bolt around a screw

Case (closed) measures 4 5/16" x 5 1/8" x 3/4"

Charles Ainsworth Chauffeur Liscence, Halesito NY, 1941 handmade fishing decoy some surface wear and tarnishingThe first thing I thought of when I saw Charles Ainsworth was of Mad Men doesn't he just look like he'd be in the room with Peggy Olsen? Or perhaps the handsome son of neighbors to the Drapers in Ossining, NY (Westchester county)? Our Charles in fact lived not too far from there, in Halsite, NY, on the North shore of Long Island, during a period of its transformation from small town to bustling suburbs. I always like photo ID cards for the way they