"The Hague, 1921"-- Surveillance Evoking Early Kodak (?) Photo Print on Card floral design but the bandeau just painted

but the bandeau just painted on

With a thin layer of stain/varnish over top

I've long been admiring both the forms and the glorious color on early croquet posts

with yellowy/cream for the sides and stretchers

8 3/4" tall x 3 5/8" widest

"The Hague, 1921"-- Surveillance Evoking Early Kodak (?) Photo Print on Card floral design but the bandeau just paintedI presume this was taken with an early Kodak camera (invented 1888), which produced round images, which I am personally obsessed with, especially for how the circular format makes everything seem as is viewed through a scope and so all about watching, from some degree of remove i. e. voyeurism, and in this case feeling very much like surveillance. (This image was printed directly on card, rather than mounted to a Kodak mount, which is what one usually