Young Barbers at Work, Wonderful Old 8 x 10 Photo, Framed as Found copper but with loss to the

but with loss to the paint of the face on the flip side as documented

but could be held straight/flush with a small piece of cardboard or something slipped just underneath its bottom edge

Or made as part of a maquette for an opera set design

but a lot of expression packed into this wonderful little carved figure

perhaps that  blue is the Hudson River itself

Young Barbers at Work, Wonderful Old 8 x 10 Photo, Framed as Found copper but with loss to theI love this photograph so much, found in upstate New York, but I think taken in Italy handwritten on the reverse side of the backing cardboard (which I opened the frame up to discover, then flipped it over to show on the outside) is Stresa, Italy, 1968 (I can't guarantee that note refers to this image, and perhaps that is the year it was purchased rather than the year it was taken, but there it is). Quite a cast of characters whatever the case, with