Old and New Hoovers, Old Black and White Snapshot opener The paper shows wear

The paper shows wear

There are a couple of extra

I believe the monogram on the right frame is G

triangularly shaped slab of a slate-like stone

Old and New Hoovers, Old Black and White Snapshot opener The paper shows wearA portrait of the old Hoover and new "Hoover machines," as inscribed on the back of the photo, standing side by side as if conversation about the nature of hoover ing and engaged in a passing of the torch! A fun one for sure, but also at least for those who feel a certain empathy for objects rather melancholic, too; what is to become of the old Hoover? A pretty great distillation of machine age values pointing ever forward toward the latest model,