Soulful Looking Man in Uniform (Train Conductor?), Old Photo Pocket Mirror Scheier 1950s pottery solid and substantial

solid and substantial

for someone or something that might never arrive

and I really love this smiling but very focused looking fellow very intent on the task at hand

" Wouldn't it be nice to imagine a group of these were planted there and bloom on still

Soulful Looking Man in Uniform (Train Conductor?), Old Photo Pocket Mirror Scheier 1950s pottery solid and substantialI like this guy's face and the slant of the brim of his hat, looking to me more naturally inclined toward writing poems than wearing a uniform, but performing his duties with grace nonetheless. I'm not sure from his outfit whether a conductor or captain or postmaster or ?, but my gut tells me a train man which would make the four perfectly horizontal stripes of erosion to the mirror on reverse seem just right like train tracks themselves! 2 3 16" d.