ROCK IN! 1908 Postmarked Real Photo Postcard, Branchport, NY antique fan One of the things I

One of the things I love about these old U

and knowing that it came from the estate of a very prolific artist makes it easy to imagine that the trusty set of tools inside have lived a very active life

complete with armor under the robe of new king and a mace in the hand of the helmeted man at near right

with plenty about God

of such consequence that they should

ROCK IN! 1908 Postmarked Real Photo Postcard, Branchport, NY antique fan One of the things ISuch a fun one. I have not done a very deep dive but a quick search pointed me to Frog Rock in Eastford, CT, a glacial boulder painted to resemble a frog in 1881 by state legislator Thomas J. Thurber, who thought its natural shape resembled a squatting frog. This frog painted rock does NOT appear to be that one, but suggests a late 19th early 20th century trend toward painting boulders to resemble frogs, perhaps especially common in Connecticut! And