There and Back, Ethereal and Unusual Double Exposure (I believe) Cabinet Card of Canoers, JA French, Keene NH saint mary with these marvelously patterned curtains

with these marvelously patterned curtains (and best of all that soft orange swag) framing a graceful view of Mt

1940s I believe--just around the time that Haitian art emerged on the international art scene

but I've been thinking about them lately as really quite marvelous things

) The board itself is unusual for having just ten holes per row

Spice boxes measure 3"x3"x3 1/4" t

There and Back, Ethereal and Unusual Double Exposure (I believe) Cabinet Card of Canoers, JA French, Keene NH saint mary with these marvelously patterned curtainsA curious one, with a beautiful etherealness about it, as the boats, and boaters, seem to dissolve into the ripples of the water. Studying it closely, I believe it captures the same set of canoers twice, once from both sides, first heading one direction, and then back the other. (Look closely at the three man boat those have to be the same three figures as in the other three man, just photographed from opposite view, no?) With both negatives taken in