Boy Commanding Dog, Onlookers, Platform, Amazing and Intense 1918 Snapshot Photo book shaped inlaid box watching the the ball and

watching the the ball and square slide back and forth while thinking or procrastinating

I'm pretty certain Selina Pierson was the sister of Cornelius Pierson

smaller pedestal: 2 1/2" tall

1820s-30s) and rare one--one of a number made  featuring Franklin's Maxims

easily the pain of multiplication drills

Boy Commanding Dog, Onlookers, Platform, Amazing and Intense 1918 Snapshot Photo book shaped inlaid box watching the the ball andI find this snapshot quite extraordinary. In the foreground, this child with arm raised in a gesture that feels quite loaded at the moment commanding the attention of his dog, who stands at keen attention. And with that gesture perfectly echoed by the diagonal of the stairs and rails of the platform in the background, also by the diagonal of the of the bodies of two black men at left who have turned to watch. It feels as though the whole scene was