Raymond Till, Accounting Dept, Boston Navy Yard Early Photo ID Pass in Leather Sleeve antique painted frame Overall good and working condition

Overall good and working condition

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but find it a lovely watercolor

it feels as if it contains the wisdom of the universe in the spiral of its shell

Raymond Till, Accounting Dept, Boston Navy Yard Early Photo ID Pass in Leather Sleeve antique painted frame Overall good and working conditionI don't come across a pass or identification card with a photo this old very often, and I quite like the looks of our smiling Raymond Till in his hat and bow tie not looking too much the accountant to me! The pass is for access to the Boston Navy Yard (in Charlestown, opened in 1800 as one of the first navy yards of the US Navy), and was issued by a US Navy Paymaster Armstrong King I believe. To me this looks early 20th century WW1 era rather than