Very Young Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. Worker's Photo ID Badge on Leather Mount, As Found hand broom I assume this is nothing

I assume this is nothing less than a portrayal of heaven and hell

but certainly there are hundreds of urns of flowers and fruit for every bird on branch

so I am quite confident this dates to just about then

with just a small loss to one toe and a great immediacy and potent presence to it all

I just love this look of this piece

Very Young Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. Worker's Photo ID Badge on Leather Mount, As Found hand broom I assume this is nothingWhat struck me first about this one is how very very young this young man looks perhaps his first job out of school, and that youth, particularly, prompting an imagining of the life that unfolded from there. Not a revelation, I know, but what a lot these old photo IDs collectively tell us about the "America Century" and the industries and workforce that fueled it. Unlike many companies long forgotten (or long since absorbed into large conglomerations)