Cock Fight in the Barn Yard, Old Shapshot Photo Vermont railroad and I have great admiration

and I have great admiration for the creativity of its maker

terrific plaid trousers and--look closely--a twig hanging poking out of the corner of his mouth

all popping against the dark blue ground

There is a small split on one back hoof

Except for a few pages near the beginning the writing is dark and clear

Cock Fight in the Barn Yard, Old Shapshot Photo Vermont railroad and I have great admirationThis one just struck me as quite poignant: two boys of about 14 I'd guess, facing off with cocks in hand and with the shadow of what looks to be a woman in skirt hovering over them. A nasty sport for certain, but there is something tender and intimate about the photo, and one imagines these farm boys feeling about as trapped as these birds. With a wooden hook or hinge just above them, exactly centered between the two as if marking the center of the