A Dreadful Bore, Excellent Victorian Trade Card for Atlantic Garden "Temperance Resort", Danielsonville, CT antique chinese rank badge but I take the larger

but I take the larger animal as his hunting dog

8 3/4" t x 7 1/2" w x 5 1/2"d and in excellent vintage condition

which of course to my mind invites all sorts of imaginings about the nature of the shaking

Seems quite likely this was made as a love token

A Dreadful Bore, Excellent Victorian Trade Card for Atlantic Garden "Temperance Resort", Danielsonville, CT antique chinese rank badge but I take the largerI 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