A Dreadful Bore, Excellent Victorian Trade Card for Atlantic Garden "Temperance Resort", Danielsonville, CT antique spade pips which is what makes it

which is what makes it beautiful

Into one long edge on one side are the initials JEF

some left dry and others given a thin coat of varnish

yielding a WWI style triplane that I find a surprisingly elegant thing

And in the center of the book still remain a purple ribbon bookmark

A Dreadful Bore, Excellent Victorian Trade Card for Atlantic Garden "Temperance Resort", Danielsonville, CT antique spade pips which is what makes itI find the art of hand shadowing, or "shadowgraphy," a fantastic thing (and have been watching antique books illustrating it fetch high prices), so I jumped on this scarce Victorian trade card when I came across it. (Of course I also love puns.) And "Atlantic Garden" as "the only temperance amusement resort in town" is interesting too, with pool tables, shooting gallery and a first class lunch counter to boot. Danielsonville CT became Danielson in