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Old 06-08-2012, 10:29 AM   #7
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Marty, good stuff. Both images are identical, yep.

Just rec'd my photo. It's a real photo, profesionally shot, crystal clear and highly detailed. It has been trimmed -neatly, but irregularly scissor-cut. Shows the edge of that ornate border seen on your copy on all sides. Possibly trimmed to fit a postcard album. I wonder now, if these were perhaps a souvenir photo, sold in a shop close by? It's 3.5 x <5.5"

On the reverse, there is period hand typing and not typeset print, "Road to Steamboat Wharf Alton Bay, New Hampshire". Also, there is a lightly stamped "697" in red, in typical vintage photograph developing shop style. Though postcard-size, the stock is very thin.

Does your copy have a similarly marked reverse?

There may be others that could appear over time. Folks should keep their eyes open!

Thankyou,
Steve F

Fan photo with a similar framed paper. 1928 Fenway, after the LF bleacher's fire of 1926;

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