Antique "Father" Mourning Cabinet Card trunk 4 1/16" x 4 7/8"

4 1/16" x 4 7/8"

Afganistan on men’s smocks

One hinge is attached by a fitted wire rather than the original pin and one corner of the box is slightly bent (both well documented in the photos)

This first edition 1967 copy

and never tire of looking at it

Antique "Father" Mourning Cabinet Card trunk 4 1/16" x 4 7/8"Between the hand cut letters spelling Father, the funerary wreath surrounding a photograph of him, and the sheaf of wheat below tied with a ribbon that runs just to the very edge of the picture frame, this one just struck me as quite a tender and beautiful mourning photo. And I love his very white beard too! I found a few records of the Hamilton photo studio in Shenandahoah, Iowa between 1902 and the early 20s, and would guess this dates close to the