Posted By:
Julie Vognar
It's 1948, and the necessities of life were still hard to come by in Japan. This is the great Russian pitcher Starffin, on some sort of a tribute day , holding two geese on a leash, in addition to other household goods surrounding him. Looks a bit sheepish.
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Yes, it is a card, not a photo. His name has been written into the negative, which makes it a "bromide," a common Japanese photographic card of the '40s.