Old Carved (Oversized, and Timely) Folk Art Double-sided Lincoln Penny lozange-shaped Clearly these are coal miners

Clearly these are coal miners having emerged from the deep in the mine

It also notes that on the day this was taken "a detail of girls were cleaning out the quarters of an employee who had left

Constructed of what I believe is a woodblock print on paper and a bamboo structure

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Another lovely naive watercolor found in Pennsylvania

Old Carved (Oversized, and Timely) Folk Art Double-sided Lincoln Penny lozange-shaped Clearly these are coal miners(First photo a composite showing both front and back) It seemed quite right (or, really, quite wrong) to find this old carved Lincoln penny in the near wake of the death of the penny and just as the reflecting pool in front of the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall is being painted blue. Such that this really feels like a momento mori for Lincolnian ideals most of all. Perhaps rubbing Lincoln's face (it already has quite a nice patina) will bring