Lincoln Baths, Saratoga, c. 1930 Historic Photo in Original Frame with Engraved Plate hand-thrown yunomi graphite drawings I found yesterday

graphite drawings I found yesterday at a show in New Hampshire

which feature my favorite figures of all at the center of their undersides

sapphire blue velvet just above the ferrule

with a warm dry wood patina and warm presence

Lincoln Baths, Saratoga, c. 1930 Historic Photo in Original Frame with Engraved Plate hand-thrown yunomi graphite drawings I found yesterdayI found this just down the road from Saratoga, NY, where it was taken just shy of 100 years ago I believe, documenting a "Bath Room Section" of the famous Lincoln Bath just after the facility opened to the public. (The first Lincoln baths building opened in 1915 then was destroyed by a fire in 1927; the "new" building, still standing, was completed in 1929 and opened in 1930 to the public, designed by William E. Haugaard (1889 1949) who studied at