Ghostly, with Broom in Hand, Striking Antique Occupational Portrait Cabinet Card victorian mourning piece but it makes a nice

but it makes a nice container now for needles or pills or other small things

Painting: 12 x 12 3/16

this one with what appears to be branching tree carved into the forehead

She had a sister

Ghostly, with Broom in Hand, Striking Antique Occupational Portrait Cabinet Card victorian mourning piece but it makes a niceI'm a bit obsessed with this cabinet card, which is richer and more striking in person. I guess it is dappled sunlight that is making these two men appear rather ghostly, or haunted; glowing, really but it almost seems as though the photo was shot through glass, and perhaps with some streaks and maybe a finger print on it too. Im not sure, but there is a definite sort of mystery and otherworldliness about it. I presume an occupational photo, with