c. 1850s-60s Transformation Card, Two of Spades iron hanger skill and patience can enable

skill and patience can enable

After finding an antique photo of a boy set within/framed by a crayon colored envelope several weeks ago

I found these together in a box

which is in great shape

I do find the aesthetics of boxing extremely powerful

c. 1850s-60s Transformation Card, Two of Spades iron hanger skill and patience can enableThis c. 1850s 60s transformation card looks very much as if hand drawn in ink, but I think must be printed, because I've found documentation of a few decks out there produced by Maclure, McDonald and Macgregor, Manchester, England, that feature it. Incorporating the pips on playing cards into characters and scenarios, transformation cards first emerged in the very early 1800s in Europe, as the standard form for playing cards had become fixed, and