Young Men, Half Submerged, Barely There Antique RPPC antique lace making bobbin The red shirted figure at

The red shirted figure at center appears as if he might be a stand in for the artist himself

which led to a British declaration of war on Germany on August  4

suggesting that this may be just one of numerous sweethearts

with a few small surface scratches on the interior

**First photo is a composite so relative scale is not exactly accurate

Young Men, Half Submerged, Barely There Antique RPPC antique lace making bobbin The red shirted figure atLots of photos I really love this week many of them purchased at the Photographic Historical Society of New England's annual Photographica sale last weekend in Newton, MA, this real photo postcard among them. Super ethereal, but with the faces and bodies of these young men quite clear as they emerge from the water, with beautiful ripples to the surface right around them too. Very poetic feeling, but also with a bit of a Lord of the Flies aspect to it