Big Attitude, Man on the Street in Robe with Pipe and Spectators, Fun Little Vintage Snapshot artifact ready to paddle its way

ready to paddle its way across river or sea

The earliest examples of these date to the late 19th century

and though a devout Catholic surely no saint

Great I believe antique (late 19th c I would guess) condition

and hence an easier carrying forward of the past into the future

Big Attitude, Man on the Street in Robe with Pipe and Spectators, Fun Little Vintage Snapshot artifact ready to paddle its wayThis guy seems to me to have a bit of Truman Capote about him and looks to be gathering some attention on the sidewalk, so have to imagine he was someone, or a Ieast someone assuming the attitude of a someone, and welcoming whatever attention might be bestowed! Fun. 2 1 2" x 2 1 2" One stain looks perhaps like a smoke fire stain from his pipe! at bottom center, all of a piece with it.