Flycatcher on Flowering Branch, Oil on Board Signed M Pahl, 1974 antique illustration The International Order of Odd

The International Order of Odd Fellows (I

but I have not been able to find it in the The New Yorker's archive in order to date it--but surely what makes for demographic perfection has become more complex and conflicted since it was published

with one small rough spot on the print sheet near the upper right corner

who had an entire brownstone on Newbury Street in Boston

late 19th century I believe

Flycatcher on Flowering Branch, Oil on Board Signed M Pahl, 1974 antique illustration The International Order of OddI've been finding myself attracted to not very skillfully painted vintage paintings of late, I think in significant part because they feel cozy and comforting and optimistic. And maybe also because I keep fantasizing about a great old farmhouse bathroom with clawfoot tub in which I'd spend half my time soaking, and in which they would feel completely at home. This sweet painting of a flycatcher (noted on the back of the painting) with long forked tail