Buildings For Sale at 1/2 Their Value: Vintage Photo of Sign in Snow and Dog carved wood bird showing a duty of one

showing a duty of one shilling

though they could be hand-painted--are a bit subtle against the dark wood

and these are lovely

It shows some wear around the edges and one scratch to the surface over the little barn/shed at right

prior to merging in 1897 to become Blake and Knowles and moving to East Cambridge

Buildings For Sale at 1/2 Their Value: Vintage Photo of Sign in Snow and Dog carved wood bird showing a duty of oneThis photograph feels like a novel to me, with something of a hard scrabble, Steinbeck ian sort of saga aspect to it. For me, there's quite a lonely feeling to that hand painted sign propped up in the snow and surrounded by fallen limbs, with this Border Collie (right?) looking on, as if contemplating its own fate. 5" x 7" and in good condition. Vintage print on matte paper.