Into the Oven, Beautiful Antique Occupational Real Photo Postcard folk art birds with handy leather carrying strap

with handy leather carrying strap

and for including a complete set of prints showing the completed images for five of the sides

which gives it a nice shine

with old fold lines dividing it in quadrants

This substantially sized one has a nice dry patina

Into the Oven, Beautiful Antique Occupational Real Photo Postcard folk art birds with handy leather carrying strapQuite an intense looking trio here in their whites surrounded by white tiled walls. Definitely it is an oven they are feeding this long tray into, but I am not entirely certain what is on that tray. The one at center looks to be holding the substance of whatever they are firing in his hands, rolled into balls. Dough? Clay? Looks more industrial than edible to me and their pants are plenty stained. Whatever the case, quite a striking image I think,