Antique "Father" Mourning Cabinet Card red and black lidded lacquer box also in pencil

also in pencil

and the hand-written two-sided cards--accounting for every month and possibility for how the dates fall--are easily removed

allowing one to position them in all sorts of ways

I don't believe it can be removed from the cage--at least I have not been able to get it out--but it might be possible from exactly the right angle

Antique "Father" Mourning Cabinet Card red and black lidded lacquer box also in pencilBetween the hand cut letters spelling Father, the funerary wreath surrounding a photograph of him, and the sheaf of wheat below tied with a ribbon that runs just to the very edge of the picture frame, this one just struck me as quite a tender and beautiful mourning photo. And I love his very white beard too! I found a few records of the Hamilton photo studio in Shenandahoah, Iowa between 1902 and the early 20s, and would guess this dates close to the