Old Wooden House, Hagerstown MD 1911 Real Photo Postcard carved wooden spoons The drippy green glazing

The drippy green glazing

I’m not sure I’d try putting this back into use for ice fishing

no more than what it needs to be and seemingly perfectly suited to go for a float--and I find that flat expanse of chocolate brown paint weirdly but truly satisfying

sandwiched behind it

with a very interesting history

Old Wooden House, Hagerstown MD 1911 Real Photo Postcard carved wooden spoons The drippy green glazingMy documentation doesn't do justice to the beauty and subtlety of this photo, which immediately reminded me of the the indexical, typological photographs of Bernd and Hilla Becher. The twist, though, is the printed right border of the image, with what looks like a leaf caught just inside in the frame. Really wonderful shadows cast by the the beams of what I guess would be described as an arbor framing the front door. And if you look closely you can