Hats and Braids and Umbrellas, Atmospheric Japanese Mounted Group Photograph with School Photo on Reverse primitive noisemaker So many sad hours I

So many sad hours I pass through that no one knows anything about

On reverse is a stamp that it was professionally framed some years ago (World Art Ltd

which I think are to the good

Richer and more beautiful in person

Hats and Braids and Umbrellas, Atmospheric Japanese Mounted Group Photograph with School Photo on Reverse primitive noisemaker So many sad hours IA very beautiful image I think, though I don't know what all of these men and mostly young women were gathered for in their coats and hats with umbrellas in hand, though, they were clearly prepared to be out in the elements. What a field of faces, captured in their beautiful singularity and yet so much appearing of a unified whole, as if in uniform, and with long pigtail braids hanging past the shoulders of almost every young woman. Looking rather as