Precarious Bridge, Stick in Hand, Poetic and Existential Feeling Velox Snapshot, Sardinia, 1928 old ship in bottle it fits neatly back together

it fits neatly back together as a flat puzzle (not super easy to solve

) I believe it is a carte-de-visite albumen photo

All a bit gothic in the best of ways

and just perfect for a beer bottle

And what appears to be the draft of a letter to a Mrs

Precarious Bridge, Stick in Hand, Poetic and Existential Feeling Velox Snapshot, Sardinia, 1928 old ship in bottle it fits neatly back togetherHandwritten on the back of this snapshot is Sardinia, Apr. 8, (19)28. I love it for its capturing of this very vernacular solution to the problem of crossing from one side of the water to the other, and also for capturing the challenging of getting up onto that bridge in order to cross. With what almost looks like a bird resting on the shoulder of the crouched figure, though perhaps it is something attached to the top of their walking stick? Feels