Big Attitude, Man on the Street in Robe with Pipe and Spectators, Fun Little Vintage Snapshot artifact and though a devout Catholic

and though a devout Catholic surely no saint

and it is also conceivable that it is a hat brush

feels to me especially poignant at the moment--with the nibbling away to the lower edge seeming very much a metaphor for the persistent chipping away at democracy we are witnessing

Great I believe antique (late 19th c I would guess) condition

ready to paddle its way across river or sea

Big Attitude, Man on the Street in Robe with Pipe and Spectators, Fun Little Vintage Snapshot artifact and though a devout CatholicThis guy seems to me to have a bit of Truman Capote about him and looks to be gathering some attention on the sidewalk, so have to imagine he was someone, or a Ieast someone assuming the attitude of a someone, and welcoming whatever attention might be bestowed! Fun. 2 1 2" x 2 1 2" One stain looks perhaps like a smoke fire stain from his pipe! at bottom center, all of a piece with it.