I Am Coming Soon! 1905 Hand-painted Dutch Boy Postcard walking bear The bottle here is long

The bottle here is long gone

with plenty of scratches on the plexiglass and a bit of paint loss but still looks great to me and I think more or less indestructible

but I'd treat it as pure sculpture

with floppy arms sewn on to the outside of her dress and hood/bonnet partially concealing drawn hair framing her face

which I think just add to the ambiance

I Am Coming Soon! 1905 Hand-painted Dutch Boy Postcard walking bear The bottle here is longOne of two antique hand painted postcards found together this week, both dating to 1905 this one mailed from Springfield, Mo to Rogers, Arkansas, one assumes not long in advance of its sender arriving, perhaps for Christmas! Drawings and cutouts of Dutch boys and girls were quite the rage in the early 20th century, but I think this is an especially good one in his red and green with polka dots all over, and an expression on his face that seems to say