Life of Jim Stubbs, 8 Sequential Narrative Drawings, Missouri to Virginia, early 1900s brown and blonde sometimes spiced

sometimes spiced

and the wonderfully branching bare tree an earthy brown

wavering between happy and sad

the silver-plate polished right up

Life of Jim Stubbs, 8 Sequential Narrative Drawings, Missouri to Virginia, early 1900s brown and blonde sometimes spicedI am not sure if it was Jim Stubbs himself, or perhaps his wife, who made these drawings, documenting his journey from St. Joseph, Missouri to Rio, Virginia to work as a telegrapher, through to his opening to the J. A. Stubbs general store (with some time hunting with his son Lee in between!) Regardless, I think they are pretty special! The drawings are numbered on their backsides, in order, with just a few that have gone missing since 1903. A great