@Figtree3 - it's not just the lack of yellowing on the newspaper that has me wondering about its age. It's also the apparent printing error that...
Here is something very similar https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/19th-century-prussian-jager-belt-buckle-5-c-86640439cb [IMG] In the USA, the...
I'm a bit surprised the newspaper is not brown or yellow. By 1885, I think the paper used for newspapers had mostly converted to high acid wood...
I suspect that the stenciling is simply the surname of the owner of the box. Not everyone named Schwarzkopf lived in Germany. The box might have...
Vic Wertz (examples) Camilo Pascual Pedro Ramos Jack Hamilton (maybe)
I think the standard blank postcard photo paper was sometimes used to make non-postcard sized prints just because it was common available...
Newspapers.com is one of the pricier choices. I generally don't stay subscribed. I usually cancel my subscription right after paying so that it...
There are several historical newspaper archives (some paid, some free) that I use a lot for historical and genealogical research. Those ads were...
I see Chênerue
Three newspaper clippings from between 1880-1881. The first one seems the most pertinent, and leads me to believe that the original oleograph (one...
after seeing 2manybooks' post about oleograph, I'm just overwriting my now irrelevant comment about "oil-a-graph".
That looks like natural weathering. Sometimes these are called Hag Stones. https://yesdirt.com/hag-stones/
Here is a painting by a T. Tateyama: https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-japanese-mid-century-466960513 The style is fairly different,...
Those are copyright notices with company/copyright owner names and likely the city where each company is headquartered.
My guess would be that it was manufactured for export to the USA around the time of war being declared. With the outbreak of war, Germany became...
I'm curious what reason they gave for not listing. I've seen WWII propaganda leaflets on Ebay, which seem worse than a book about intelligence.
I can't imagine drawing blood while rocking either. :wideyed:
What looks like accretions from being in the sea looks to me more like it was just made that way. I don't think it spent any time in the ocean.
I would think it had to have spent about 90% of the time in a museum between Vikings and now in order to be that undamaged.
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