Joseph and Alfred Managhan, Drowned Brothers, Amesbury MA, 1909 antique carving folk art figure and some wear to the

and some wear to the label

) Women in short skirts (and

This pretty vintage Japanese orange lacquer stacking box could be used for serving snacks

which in many ways feels quite contemporary

not detracting

Joseph and Alfred Managhan, Drowned Brothers, Amesbury MA, 1909 antique carving folk art figure and some wear to theI know post mortem photos are not everyone's cup of tea, and not always mine, either, though I view them much more as tender and reverent than macabre. This one, pulled from the collection of an artist near me, I find both haunting and heartbreaking with a typed label on reverse identifying the two young men as brothers, drowned in Lake Gardner, Amesbury MA, in 1909. The framing of photograph, with the brothers lying side by side, wall papered wall