Beloved Max, 1938 (in Handmade Frame and Very Folky Interior) blue and white swirl The pages that are filled

The pages that are filled are very prettily and precisely done

which would read in full "Pat'd June 17

The blade is marked with a "2" but I see no other marks

Somewhat mysteriously

including a couple of gold griffins perched on high in the background

Beloved Max, 1938 (in Handmade Frame and Very Folky Interior) blue and white swirl The pages that are filledSweet Max. It is a sort of celluloid film rather than glass over the photo here, which has aged some, lending a bit of a yellow tinge to the image. But there was still no way I could resist this 1938 photo of clearly beloved canine with his name written for posterity on the mat that surrounds him. (It appears the frame was custom made to memorialize him, too, with no easy way of taking it apart.) The rest of the photo is interesting too, with what