Buggy, Cabin, Sense of Drama, Striking Antique Gelatin Silver Print antique french miniature portrait but the engravings in this

but the engravings in this rare volume are abundant and quite marvelous

5 3/4" l x 2 1/4" w x 2 1/8"d and in good

with metal plates mending an old split from either side

with a fold line down the center

with a little cracking to the hard rubber surfaces here and there

Buggy, Cabin, Sense of Drama, Striking Antique Gelatin Silver Print antique french miniature portrait but the engravings in thisTo my eye a super striking and evocative antique photograph, which feels a lot like a film still, and definitely as if capturing a scene from a much longer novel: what are the stories of these four (five), and the picture taker too, and what has brought them together here? Heading west I might guess, standing for the moment in what feels quite like the dry middle of nowhere. 4 x 4 15 16 and in good antique condition, very late 19th very early 20th c.