Stunning c. 1880s-90s Shoe Makers Occupational Mounted Albumen Photo, Photographer AE Alden, Boston carved toy gun And those extra large hooves

And those extra large hooves on the horse are pretty fantastic too

I can't help but think of it as a metaphor for plutocracy

first photo shows both sides combined in one photo

best known for her wood engravings like this one

Stunning c. 1880s-90s Shoe Makers Occupational Mounted Albumen Photo, Photographer AE Alden, Boston carved toy gun And those extra large hoovesI love an old occupational photo nothing like pride in profession on full display but have seen enough that it takes a really great one to stop me, which I think this one is. (See details.) An incredible array of faces, for sure (what a cast of characters!) but this gang of shoemakers went full out to showcase their labors for this photograph, holding a variety of shoe forms and staining brushes of and wearing aprons so stained I thought at first