Young Barbers at Work, Wonderful Old 8 x 10 Photo, Framed as Found handmade ceramic fish and all the more of

and all the more of a mystery

This hip flask is very old

as the handwritten lists inside are for cakes and pies and crackers and loaves of bread - by the dozen

quite unusual

and of interest at least as much for what they reveal about the painter as the subject

Young Barbers at Work, Wonderful Old 8 x 10 Photo, Framed as Found handmade ceramic fish and all the more ofI 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