"The First Chosen", Folk Painting of Soldier Propped Against House with Grass, Panama City, FL., 1948 antique 12 inch ruler and believe they date to

and believe they date to the 1940s or so

I was sold as soon as a saw the blue paper with cut and pasted letterpress printed title

(And I love the Russian doll sort of nesting effect

I continue to grab these when I come across them--which is increasingly rarely it seems--as I continue to find them such evocative things

with wear to the fabric of her face (showing another layer

"The First Chosen", Folk Painting of Soldier Propped Against House with Grass, Panama City, FL., 1948 antique 12 inch ruler and believe they date toAt first I thought it was a mirror rather than a painting propped up against what I presume is the house or maybe garage and that illusionism is part of what I love about this snapshot, making one want to peer into the painting to catch the reflection of the person taking the photo. But instead it is a soldier on his bed looking back at us, and two more beds behind him, creating a sort of ad infinitum sense of space, which heightens the overall