Hats and Braids and Umbrellas, Atmospheric Japanese Mounted Group Photograph with School Photo on Reverse primitive noisemaker Richer and more beautiful in

Richer and more beautiful in person

I have to think God bless the child whose sock this was

which is what makes it beautiful

from the same period I believe

I haven't turned up anything definitive about an Arthur M

Hats and Braids and Umbrellas, Atmospheric Japanese Mounted Group Photograph with School Photo on Reverse primitive noisemaker Richer and more beautiful inA very beautiful image I think, though I don't know what all of these men and mostly young women were gathered for in their coats and hats with umbrellas in hand, though, they were clearly prepared to be out in the elements. What a field of faces, captured in their beautiful singularity and yet so much appearing of a unified whole, as if in uniform, and with long pigtail braids hanging past the shoulders of almost every young woman. Looking rather as