There is an online game some of us play from time to time - it has to do with a series of scenes that are rich with objects and common items e.g. balls, feathers, oars, books, eyeglasses - just lots of them and strewn all over in the picture and you are given just a few minutes to find them. It is pretty mindless but then again so is TV or a lot of it. This photo could be from the game.
We spent a lot of time trying to identify the model 62 stove or the lighthouse in the picture and all to no avail. We did figure it was about at the transition time for electricity as the shop is all oil lamps...but that doesn't give us much. 'Before such and such a date' can be just about any time.
We can imagine this shop in winter - the warm brownish glow from the oil lamp, the stove, the smell of the liniments mixed with the hot dry of the stove. The shoe shine boy not making a dime but perhaps happy to be warm with some potential reward in the offing.
The barber has some accent of course and talks about the village business when asked but mostly just concentrates and listens. He is a professional - with his starched white frock and flawless technique. No electric clippers here - just scissors with that small curl on one handle for the little finger - so he can get better control.
We like this picture and the time. We surely do.
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