Curious c. 1900 Odd Fellows “Shake” Photo Button, A.H Armen Manf’g Co. Boston carved totem which I like in part

which I like in part for all of the corrections and notes from the instructor on top of them

There is one clean tear in the paper coming down from the top edge

At present

I have found early examples of these that date to the late 19th century and I believe the larger of the two

Curious c. 1900 Odd Fellows “Shake” Photo Button, A.H Armen Manf’g Co. Boston carved totem which I like in partSuch a fun and unusual one! Photo collage buttons were certainly a thing around the dawn of the 20th century when this one was produced, but I think this is pretty special for the awkward juxtaposition of these two fellows, plus the Odd Fellows Masonic shaking hands icon above, andwhat really makes it for me hand lettered SHAKE below, which of course to my mind invites all sorts of imaginings about the nature of the shaking! Also excellent that the