Batter and Catcher, Antique Baseball Real Photo Postcard lovely decor The casket itself is shrouded

The casket itself is shrouded in fabric

*Peter Roe

I find the form of this one so beautiful

and would guess 1940s or earlier

6 1/2" d x 3 1/4" tall

Batter and Catcher, Antique Baseball Real Photo Postcard lovely decor The casket itself is shroudedI love the game of baseball, in no small part for the aesthetics of the game, from the geometries of the field to the uniforms to the gestures of the throw and swing and catch. As so of course I fell in love with this photograph, and especially the interplay of these two bodies, the batter standing over a home plate laid in the grass holding his bat low, and the catcher behind him glove raised and torso cocked forward, it appears just having caught a