Double Sided Canadian Folk Art Relief Carving: Strongman Victor DeLamarre + Birds and Mountains antique tornado photo who had studied at the

who had studied at the Keramische Fachschule in Höhr

with the introduction by Hesse added in 1927

First photo and photos of box are of this deck

I'm partial to the matte surface and overall patterning on one like this

which makes the surface almost tar-like

Double Sided Canadian Folk Art Relief Carving: Strongman Victor DeLamarre + Birds and Mountains antique tornado photo who had studied at theA wonderful portrait of an underdog, and some charming birds, too. Canadian champion strongman Victor Delamarre, portrayed on one side of this painted, relief carved plaque, was a mild mannered, 5 ft. 4" Montreal policeman, who surprised everyone with his strength. Born in 1888, one of 13 children, Delamarre developed much of that strength while working on a farm as a lumberjack, and went on break Louis Cyr's record of pressing 309. 5 pounds. . Here