Carefully Arranged Flock of Taxidermy Shore Birds, with Eggs, Antique Albumen Cabinet Card fluffy There is pencil writing on

There is pencil writing on both sides of the slide tip lid of the box

Or repurpose all for some other use

" "from purity of thought all pleasure springs

with its crustiness attesting to lots of hands having held it

Carefully Arranged Flock of Taxidermy Shore Birds, with Eggs, Antique Albumen Cabinet Card fluffy There is pencil writing onI'm no advocate for taxidermy, but I do find this antique albumen photo very beautiful, capturing a very carefully arranged ensemble of shore birds, complete with what I take for scattering of eggs. I could forever watch sandpipers and plovers skittering along the beach, so light on their feet and so magical in their synchronization with the rest of their flock; for me this very soft but finely detailed photo captures a sense of that balletic ness and