Big Attitude, Man on the Street in Robe with Pipe and Spectators, Fun Little Vintage Snapshot artifact feels to me especially poignant

feels to me especially poignant at the moment--with the nibbling away to the lower edge seeming very much a metaphor for the persistent chipping away at democracy we are witnessing

The earliest examples of these date to the late 19th century

and it is also conceivable that it is a hat brush

ready to paddle its way across river or sea

Big Attitude, Man on the Street in Robe with Pipe and Spectators, Fun Little Vintage Snapshot artifact feels to me especially poignantThis guy seems to me to have a bit of Truman Capote about him and looks to be gathering some attention on the sidewalk, so have to imagine he was someone, or a Ieast someone assuming the attitude of a someone, and welcoming whatever attention might be bestowed! Fun. 2 1 2" x 2 1 2" One stain looks perhaps like a smoke fire stain from his pipe! at bottom center, all of a piece with it.