Prize Roosters for Sale 1906 Real Photo Postcard Tamar and a bit of a

and a bit of a haunting feel--I keep thinking of the proverbial undertow

with horizontal folds that should flatten out pretty easily if pressed under something heavy and a little staining here and there and along the left edge

I've been thinking about this piece

but have a slight hunch they may be Korean and would guess they date from the 1940s or early 50s

This little folk carving of a figure in coffin--blue shirt

Prize Roosters for Sale 1906 Real Photo Postcard Tamar and a bit of aScribner, Nebraska, Dec. 17, 1906. "Dear Sir I reed your letter and was very much pleased. I will ship the rooster tomorrow night. Yours truly." And then at top, "I will ship by Express." I can't quite read the signature, but the recipient seems to have been a Mr. John Ass. (?) The photo is a bit dark, but pretty fabulous, complete with a trophy exactly at the center, above which one rooster is precisely perched one assumes the first prize winner,