Patience! 50 Years Waiting for a Letter, Pencil Drawn Postcard, 1908 figurative snuff box which operates both horizontally and—turn

which operates both horizontally and—turn your head or the image 90 degrees—vertically as well

and a couple of chips to the lacquer--one to the left of the rear hinge

I believe) of Colorado pioneer William Chase Bradbury (1849-1925)

7 1/2" tall x 4" wide x 1/8" thick

one mixes them with a medium (oil

Patience! 50 Years Waiting for a Letter, Pencil Drawn Postcard, 1908 figurative snuff box which operates both horizontally and—turnThis clever hand drawn postcard takes on new resonance these days, as we wait and worry wondering whether our mail will ever arrive! Here, the sender, Lucien has drawn himself as a young man cheerfully receiving a postcard from his uncle, which reads Letter suit ('letter to follow') on the front. Then he draws himself 50 years older, still waiting at the mailbox for the letter to arrive! On reverse, the message to his dear uncle in Grenoble: better