Lion, Tamer and Onlookers, Dramatic Old Real Photo Postcard grand tour italina 7 1/2" x 3/4" x

7 1/2" x 3/4" x 7/8" and in good condition

and then I love how its body gives way to the "root

The roof is hinged and opens up

seeming perfectly in keeping with a message letting family know that one is "still alive" and providing some evidence that is so

Born in Warsaw Poland

Lion, Tamer and Onlookers, Dramatic Old Real Photo Postcard grand tour italina 7 1/2" x 3/4" xA wild feeling photograph in all senses, with this powerful lion looking on the verge of winning this fight and escaping its captivity. Based on the cage visible rear left, I presume a traveling menagerie or circus of some sort, and presume the shirtless man with back turned to the camera is the tamer of sorts. A cruel practice indeed, but the specificity and close framing of this image seems quite extraordinary to me in capturing the danger of it for