Burning Oil Tank, Parker PA, Early 20th Century Real Photo Postcard handmade wooden sign near-horizontal branch coming in from

near-horizontal branch coming in from the right is of a very old Oak

What fun to have this vintage Towle pewter shell game set around--perhaps to pull out at cocktail parties

Earlyish 20th century I believe

but he's been given a great hat

I bought this piece

Burning Oil Tank, Parker PA, Early 20th Century Real Photo Postcard handmade wooden sign near-horizontal branch coming in fromHoly moly, I could look at this image forever. Beyond simply standing as a cool, very early 20th century first hand document of a burning oil tank in Parker, PA (located in Armstrong County, in the Allegheny River Valley), I find the combination of lush, spectacular smoke cloud against spare landscape and minimalist oil tank formally PERFECT. And then also a terrific tension between the intense smoke and the two bushes or trees on the horizon to its