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<p>[QUOTE="plastik, post: 252763, member: 5019"]That's what I'm guessing it was. Perhaps made for a family member by a parent or sister or cousin? Clearly has hand carvings, all the lines of every object are carved into the wood. Seems to be depicting a family meeting a woman, perhaps an aunt or grand mother, somewhere near log cabins, with the child being kind of curious, like the carving is a photograph and the child is looking at the photographer. </p><p><br /></p><p>The bottom right corner says "1907 JL". So obviously it's over 110 years old. I've had this sitting in a closet for 20 years, don't know anything about it as I got it from another family member. Probably not worth anything, but wondering if anyone knows the history behind these types of things. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://imgur.com/7zi2jr9" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://imgur.com/7zi2jr9" rel="nofollow">http://imgur.com/7zi2jr9</a></p><p><a href="http://imgur.com/eGUhVWJ" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://imgur.com/eGUhVWJ" rel="nofollow">http://imgur.com/eGUhVWJ</a></p><p><a href="http://imgur.com/PVnF3xy" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://imgur.com/PVnF3xy" rel="nofollow">http://imgur.com/PVnF3xy</a></p><p><a href="http://imgur.com/oAbmuki" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://imgur.com/oAbmuki" rel="nofollow">http://imgur.com/oAbmuki</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="plastik, post: 252763, member: 5019"]That's what I'm guessing it was. Perhaps made for a family member by a parent or sister or cousin? Clearly has hand carvings, all the lines of every object are carved into the wood. Seems to be depicting a family meeting a woman, perhaps an aunt or grand mother, somewhere near log cabins, with the child being kind of curious, like the carving is a photograph and the child is looking at the photographer. The bottom right corner says "1907 JL". So obviously it's over 110 years old. I've had this sitting in a closet for 20 years, don't know anything about it as I got it from another family member. Probably not worth anything, but wondering if anyone knows the history behind these types of things. [URL]http://imgur.com/7zi2jr9[/URL] [URL]http://imgur.com/eGUhVWJ[/URL] [URL]http://imgur.com/PVnF3xy[/URL] [URL]http://imgur.com/oAbmuki[/URL][/QUOTE]
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