Young Barbers at Work, Wonderful Old 8 x 10 Photo, Framed as Found copper I can imagine few characters

I can imagine few characters better than these musicians lined in their blue caps and suits

8 3/16" t x 6 1/8" w x 3/8" d

Or made as part of a maquette for an opera set design

but a lot of expression packed into this wonderful little carved figure

There is hand-printed wallpaper still hanging on to the sides of the box

Young Barbers at Work, Wonderful Old 8 x 10 Photo, Framed as Found copper I can imagine few charactersI love this photograph so much, found in upstate New York, but I think taken in Italy handwritten on the reverse side of the backing cardboard (which I opened the frame up to discover, then flipped it over to show on the outside) is Stresa, Italy, 1968 (I can't guarantee that note refers to this image, and perhaps that is the year it was purchased rather than the year it was taken, but there it is). Quite a cast of characters whatever the case, with