Ode to Jasper Johns, Classic Flat Top Ballantine Ale Can silver paperwieght I believe they were inserted

I believe they were inserted specifically for this purpose and the entire book was hand-stiched together by its creator

but would guess it dates to the 1940s or so--I have found one advertisement for an Acme radiator shield which very closely resembles this one

Of a period filled with hope and despair

and especially the repeating thin black lines for brow and paws

Ode to Jasper Johns, Classic Flat Top Ballantine Ale Can silver paperwieght I believe they were insertedI found a handful of old Ballantine beer cans a few years ago, which I bought in homage to Jasper Johns, who made them icons of art history through his Painted Bronze (Ale Cans), 1960. This is the first I've come across in a long while, precisely the same type as used as basis for the sculpture, and it made me very happy; I can't look at a Ballantine can and think of anything else, such that all Ballantine cans are already objets d'art to me, which