Roommates! Studious Young Men in Domestic Environs, Antique Mounted Photo late 19th century drawing NH in reverse

NH in reverse

one could write a thesis on it

is signed (incised) Mottahedeh on the underside and features its original sticker

which made my heart skip a beat when I spotted it--an instant sense of connection and recognition

Roommates! Studious Young Men in Domestic Environs, Antique Mounted Photo late 19th century drawing NH in reverseI just love these two, and the period in their young lives this photo caotures students in college, or very recent graduates, working hard to be taken seriously and to start making their ways! Lots of information packed into the image, with a slew of cabinet cards and group photos mounted the wall just above their shared desk I'd like to think each of them allotted one half of that wall, with each young man's mother, father, and siblings hovering