Cock Fight in the Barn Yard, Old Shapshot Photo Vermont railroad 13 1/2” tall x 1

13 1/2” tall x 1 7/8” wide and deep

terrific plaid trousers and--look closely--a twig hanging poking out of the corner of his mouth

original paper litho liner around his neck

and I have great admiration for the creativity of its maker

Cock Fight in the Barn Yard, Old Shapshot Photo Vermont railroad 13 1/2” tall x 1This one just struck me as quite poignant: two boys of about 14 I'd guess, facing off with cocks in hand and with the shadow of what looks to be a woman in skirt hovering over them. A nasty sport for certain, but there is something tender and intimate about the photo, and one imagines these farm boys feeling about as trapped as these birds. With a wooden hook or hinge just above them, exactly centered between the two as if marking the center of the