amylsacks' photos with the keyword: art nouveau

There's a Bette Midler karaoke joke in here somewhere, but it's late and I need a beer. ;)

No, I don't know why Cupid is right-handed but wears his holster on the left. Probably some obscure code lost to us here in the 21st Century.

That look clearly says, "Gimme' candy and lots of it, or I'll read the whole dang poem out loud... all FOUR pages!"

"In the days of patch and powder--- Dreamful days of long ago-- If the damosels were prouder Than today we may not know; "But it is no elf of fancy That low whispers to us now Love's persuasive necromancy There was much the same as now. "On the island of Manhattan Dwelt there one of beauty rare, Where sleek beeves were left to fatten In the pastures broad and fair..."

Front cover of an illustrated, four-page card. Unsure of the year, and given its overall good shape, it might be a reproduction.