Pushing Forward, Boy in Cap on Bike, Antique Snapshot Photo eroded sign telephone and telegraph service

telephone and telegraph service

likely from one specific location where it lived for many years and where it would  have held a central place of importance

with one small clean nick to the board along the left edge long ago

always interesting things

and for the old green paint on its bill

Pushing Forward, Boy in Cap on Bike, Antique Snapshot Photo eroded sign telephone and telegraph serviceI like anything that conveys a sense of hard trying and this boy, poised to pedal this bike that appears nearly as tall as he is, feels hard trying to me, and like a metaphor for embarking on an uphill battle! C. 1910s 20s I believe. 3 1 4" x 2 3 8", good condition, some black paper residue on reverse.