Thanks guys! Yes, I'm in agreement that it's period BUT that it came out of some sort of publication. In fact, you can see the staple holes which would confirm that it is not stand-alone. This is one of the risks with buying things already framed...regardless it displays well so that's a good thing
Albert, I'm familiar with NY Recorder supplements and there are a few more but not many.
I do believe that the 1894 supplement does in fact exist and someone was selling it at some point last year. I'm including the picture although not sure of the dimensions and paper thickness...I think that one is a legitimate supplement but would need someone else on the board to chime in with the dimensions, paper thickness etc.