A Dreadful Bore, Excellent Victorian Trade Card for Atlantic Garden "Temperance Resort", Danielsonville, CT antique spade pips and sold by Sewall &

and sold by Sewall & Day Cordage Co

It requires some pressure to remove the lid

Carved with a knife and chisel

which is what makes it beautiful

yielding a WWI style triplane that I find a surprisingly elegant thing

A Dreadful Bore, Excellent Victorian Trade Card for Atlantic Garden "Temperance Resort", Danielsonville, CT antique spade pips and sold by Sewall &I find the art of hand shadowing, or "shadowgraphy," a fantastic thing (and have been watching antique books illustrating it fetch high prices), so I jumped on this scarce Victorian trade card when I came across it. (Of course I also love puns.) And "Atlantic Garden" as "the only temperance amusement resort in town" is interesting too, with pool tables, shooting gallery and a first class lunch counter to boot. Danielsonville CT became Danielson in