Late 19th C. Him and Her Honeymoon Kodak Photos, Murray Hill Hotel, NYC drawing of village I am not totally sure

I am not totally sure what it is made of

and who learned from his father

but what a couple of beautifully rendered

Here is fun double deck set of “Godey’s Ladies” cards

Late 19th C. Him and Her Honeymoon Kodak Photos, Murray Hill Hotel, NYC drawing of village I am not totally sureI think these are just fantastic. Written on the back of one is "Mrs. Lowrie Childs on wedding trip to NY Murry [sic] Hill Hotel," and so we can assume the other is of Mr. Childs, each of the two photographed separately sitting in their honeymoon room, him on the edge of the bed, she in the chair next to it. With the round format of the No. 1 Kodak prints framing each as if viewed through a scope or a peephole, these hold a tension between formality