I especially love the face
photos don't do justice to the presence and charm--or heft
the final instruction that 2 whistles or bells shall always mean BACK
a very good paper weight or door stop
with minor wear along the bottom corner edges
Rural South Carolina, c. 1890-1900, Pair of Early Kodak Snapshots salesman sample chest I especially love the faceI purchased this pair from a favorite dealer in Cohoes, NY, who always has lots of interesting photographs. They are early Kodaks, c. 1890s very early 1900s I believe. On the back of one is written "SC" and on the other, the lower photo in first image, "Negro cabin, SC". I must say that I was first struck by them formally the composition of the first one, with wooden pole a perfect vertical in the foreground echoed by the pipe rising tall from the