Fred Harvey Photomatic Portrait of Young Man with Gun and Bandaid concrete body part now flattened out

now flattened out

based in Albany New York

and the brass looks very much to me like  melted down shell casings

and then handily hanging up

Fred Harvey Photomatic Portrait of Young Man with Gun and Bandaid concrete body part now flattened outI assume, as he looks to be holding a real gun, that this very beautiful boy is in fact a very young soldier and I have learned that during WW2 Fred Harvey's Harvey House restaurants re opened to serve soldiers as they traveled in troop trains across the U. S so perhaps that is when this Photomatic was taken. I find it quite a stunning portrait, including for the bright intensity of his gaze and posture, and that bandage stretching from temple to ear.