Roommates! Studious Young Men in Domestic Environs, Antique Mounted Photo late 19th century drawing With its old hanging rope

With its old hanging rope still attached

the dog on one of them

one line of larger nails marching down the back

NH in reverse

and in what I believe is its original frame

Roommates! Studious Young Men in Domestic Environs, Antique Mounted Photo late 19th century drawing With its old hanging ropeI just love these two, and the period in their young lives this photo caotures students in college, or very recent graduates, working hard to be taken seriously and to start making their ways! Lots of information packed into the image, with a slew of cabinet cards and group photos mounted the wall just above their shared desk I'd like to think each of them allotted one half of that wall, with each young man's mother, father, and siblings hovering