I made this image through the window of a toy store in Kingman. It appeared to be out of business. Left behind in its window was a flat wooden cut-out toy, depicting a child swinging from a tree. Attached to the back of toy was a discolored photograph showing a stack of small American flags. Someone who once worked here was probably trying to add a patriotic dimension to the toy – perhaps intending to imply that the innocence of childhood is somehow a particularly American virtue. But time and exposure to harsh sunlight have intervened, badly discoloring the photograph, fading its colors and adding a purplish color-cast. There were many other objects in this window. But I chose to isolate on the idealized toy and the discolored photograph. And I put them both in the context of a store that is now appears to be out of business. I call attention to the symbolism inherent in both subjects, and ask my viewers to consider possible new meanings implicit in my image.