Easter 1916, Curious Photograph of Hand-drawn/Hand-written Chalkboard Roster chess figures Red cloth spine

Red cloth spine

These were owned by art professor & art historian Jill McKeever Furst

Quite a wonderfully done painted papier mache bust of a lion I'd say--rendered as if erupting in a roar through the roof of the big top itself

I do believe my favorite find of the week

or just propped somewhere

Easter 1916, Curious Photograph of Hand-drawn/Hand-written Chalkboard Roster chess figures Red cloth spineOf course it's the very excellent drawings of bunnies in the upper corners that sold me on this 1916 photograph, but also just the the fact of a large chalkboard drawn and written upon in such an excellent way (and the endurance of this photograph documenting it.) It took a while to figure out what was being charted here, but I believe Western & Southern was and is an insurance company, with a branch in Louisville, KY, and I believe it is the Easter