Karl Apin (Blind) and Robert Leclais, Latvian Immigrants in Cleveland, Ohio, 1904 Tintype Adirondack chair I purchased it from the

I purchased it from the estate sale of a woman who had a phenomenal collection of textiles from around the world

1950s white and gold painted wooden frame

Perhaps the perfect thing for those of us who imagine that our dogs understand our every word

Quite angeliic looking--but something in that face suggests to me that she was more than a handful

Frame: 17 1/8” w x 17 1/4” t

Karl Apin (Blind) and Robert Leclais, Latvian Immigrants in Cleveland, Ohio, 1904 Tintype Adirondack chair I purchased it from theAt first I took these two for brothers, but the note on the reverse of the tintype identifies them by name as Karl Apin, left, and Robert Leclais, at right, described (in Latvian) as the owner of Riga's in Cleveland, this photo dated 1904. I've found a definitive record for Karl Apin, born in Riga, Livonia (Latvia) in 1864 and died in Cleveland 1918. In the later part of the 19th century and early 20th Cleveland saw a significant influx of Latvian