Beatific Wife Subtly Pointing Knife at Husband, Wonderfully Subversive Feeling Antique Sixth Plate Tintype fire rescue postcard of Inuit hide canoes

of Inuit hide canoes

so it is also a puzzle to be solved

which I really love for its folkiness

to me they look as if ready to head of to their first Vaudeville show

Beatific Wife Subtly Pointing Knife at Husband, Wonderfully Subversive Feeling Antique Sixth Plate Tintype fire rescue postcard of Inuit hide canoesOne of my favorites of the week, purchased from a favorite dealer in Cohoes, NY, whose shop is a treasure trove of interesting things, including tons of photographs. A bit subtle perhaps, but it is I think the subtlety here that makes it: looks to my eye very much as though she is pointing a knife straight at the man beside her, who I certainly take for her husband! The look on her face seems to match her gesture 100% perfectly calculatingly placid,