Absorbing cabinet card of a blind man with no hands posed with his son or young partner and a new invention called the Peerless Steam Cooker.  According to Kovel’s, http://www.kovels.com/201204259757/Mystery-Marks/toledo-cooker-steamer.html, “Charles E. Swartzbaugh founded Peerless Cooker Co. in Buffalo, New York, in 1884. He invented both a steam cooker and a ‘fireless cooker.’ By the early 1900s, the company moved to Toledo, Ohio, and was renamed the Toledo Cooker Co.”   Early advertisements of this model are visible through an online search.  This is most likely a salesman’s sample of this pristine model.  The young man holds a small piece of the equipment next to the two bowler hats on the table.  He also holds a manual for the steamer in his other hand.  On the floor in a black salesman back is another flyer and a book with a partially title visible which starts with word Money; quite possibly a self-help book on sales and success.  The image is in excellent condition with good tones and contrast.  There are a few spots on the mount as seen in the scan and no photographer identification.  A most interesting occupational with more research potential.

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