Drying Corn--Sublime 19th C. Albumen Stereoview paper cards Yellow 5 3/8" l

Yellow 5 3/8" l

The pink-red decoration on this one comes from Ben Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanack (there were a whole series of these illustrating different "maxims")

then chewed--but now is just a great box for holding tools

which shows here and there

Really a sweet old small painting

Drying Corn--Sublime 19th C. Albumen Stereoview paper cards Yellow 5 3/8" lI've come to realize that my favorite stereoviews (and tintypes, too) tend to be very very spare ones, particularly of natural specimens, and the color of the mount plays a significant role too (matte yellow, orange and cream being the best!) I can flip through hundreds to find one I like, which finding one like this makes feel quite worthwhile to my eye just stunning formally (more rich and nuanced than photos convey) for sure, but also the spareness