Clara Broke Her Left Leg at the Rink Saturday Night, 1884 Western Union Telegram hand-painted figures with a little paint loss

with a little paint loss to the base

I believe it is actually a portrait of the late artist and longtime art professor Leon Hovsepian of Worchester

There is a split down one side of his body and the arm on that side will come loose

The tin key wind tractor itself was made by Louis Marx Co

Plus a gold painted antenna

Clara Broke Her Left Leg at the Rink Saturday Night, 1884 Western Union Telegram hand-painted figures with a little paint lossOne of my favorite finds of the week, though perhaps no one else will appreciate it quite as much as I do. The message on this Western Union telegram, dated 1884: "Clara broke her left leg at the rink Saturday night." Signed Harry. A message that, to me, perfectly embodies the challenge posed by the telegram how to communicate what is necessary in as few words possible. In doing so it delivers what I think is a very Hemingway esque sentence, spare but