Companions: Waiting at the Gate Cyanotype Postcard with Pasted Photo + Charcoal Portrait mohogany I think better suited for

I think better suited for display than use

old and stable and not an obstacle to the use of the board (in fact it actually enhances the center line

There is a bit of bending to the tin along the top edge and plenty of rust on the back side but just a little  in the background on the front

It is the perfect shade of green--somewhere between olive and kelly--with a fabulous pop of orange around the lid

Companions: Waiting at the Gate Cyanotype Postcard with Pasted Photo + Charcoal Portrait mohogany I think better suited forI found these together and am pretty much certain it is the same woman captured in the cyanotype real photo postcard as in the charcoal portrait at right. Whether a photo of her brother or young husband pasted opposite her on the postcard I'm not completely sure, but I'd like to think the latter, and that she's been waiting at the gate for him to arrive home! And then the charcoal portrait in combination makes it seem as if she's been eager to share a