Curious c. 1900 Odd Fellows “Shake” Photo Button, A.H Armen Manf’g Co. Boston carved totem especially the proud string of

especially the proud string of fish

both relating to the study of math and writing/calligraphy

which I like in part for all of the corrections and notes from the instructor on top of them

There is one clean tear in the paper coming down from the top edge

the game was played by describing each syllable of the answer as a separate word before describing the answer as a whole

Curious c. 1900 Odd Fellows “Shake” Photo Button, A.H Armen Manf’g Co. Boston carved totem especially the proud string ofSuch a fun and unusual one! Photo collage buttons were certainly a thing around the dawn of the 20th century when this one was produced, but I think this is pretty special for the awkward juxtaposition of these two fellows, plus the Odd Fellows Masonic shaking hands icon above, andwhat really makes it for me hand lettered SHAKE below, which of course to my mind invites all sorts of imaginings about the nature of the shaking! Also excellent that the