Stunning c. 1880s-90s Shoe Makers Occupational Mounted Albumen Photo, Photographer AE Alden, Boston carved toy gun I can't help but think

I can't help but think of it as a metaphor for plutocracy

first photo shows both sides combined in one photo

I believe it is likely masonic

Nails at the shoulder allow his arms to swing 360 degrees

Stunning c. 1880s-90s Shoe Makers Occupational Mounted Albumen Photo, Photographer AE Alden, Boston carved toy gun I can't help but thinkI love an old occupational photo nothing like pride in profession on full display but have seen enough that it takes a really great one to stop me, which I think this one is. (See details.) An incredible array of faces, for sure (what a cast of characters!) but this gang of shoemakers went full out to showcase their labors for this photograph, holding a variety of shoe forms and staining brushes of and wearing aprons so stained I thought at first