Ice Melting From Lake Emily, Minnesota, Early Stereoview, H.J Jacoby antique sport I wonder who the Nelly

I wonder who the Nelly was who he or she was thinking about

I believe these date from the late 19th or very early 20th century

Excellent structural condition

(I believe a rubber band was stretched from the end of the barrel and through the hole in front of the trigger

and formally beautiful

Ice Melting From Lake Emily, Minnesota, Early Stereoview, H.J Jacoby antique sport I wonder who the NellyAnother from a small, carefully chosen group of albumen photo stereoviews I purchased from a collection in mid Coast Maine last week, and which I'd be quite happy to keep for myself. This one pictures a block of ice cut from Lake Emily, as a handwritten note on the back, with label from Jaboby's Art Gallery, St. Peter, Minnesota, attests and which seems to contain a glass goblet inside of it with dramatic silhouette. Why and why??? A curious one for