Contributions of the group Wild Sprockets.

Girls Pulling Themselves on a Wagon

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 22:16:48 +0000

A photo for the Vintage Photos Theme Park that has us seeing double (a photo with 2 things/people that are the same or that look the same).

A real photo postcard that uses a double exposure to show two girls who are inexplicably pulling the same wagon that they're riding in. This trick photo is so well done that I haven't been able to detect the dividing line between the two exposures.

Compare this photo with these others in which the trick is more obvious:

The Ghosts of Christmas Past

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 14:33:19 +0000

Alan Mays has posted:

A poses by a Christmas thing photo (anything holiday) for the Vintage Photos Theme Park.

A double-exposure snapshot of family members posing by a Christmas tree makes for a haunting holiday image. Date and location unknown.

I'd like to take this opportunity to extend best holiday wishes to all my Theme Park friends! Thanks for all the amazing photos you've posted this year, and thanks, too, to Angelica for all her work in keeping such an interesting and fun group going! Here's to more of the same in the New Year!

The Ghosts of Christmas Presents

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 15 Jun 2017 15:47:37 +0000

Alan Mays has posted:

A mother and son-—along with a tree and wrapped presents-—seem to be materializing out of the ether in this Christmas double exposure.

For other haunted holiday happenings, see The Ghosts of Christmas Past and The Ghosts of Easter Past (below).

Two-Headed Man

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 25 Feb 2019 05:16:02 +0000

Alan Mays has posted:

A small double-exposure photo that was intended to make this fellow look like he had two heads.

Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Clover Watching Themselves, Whittier, California, March 31, 1921

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 03:45:58 +0000

Alan Mays has posted:

I chose photographic tricks and amusements for the free-for-all (post as many photos on as many different themes as you'd like) during the fifth week of Wild Card Month—Pick Your Own Theme! in the Vintage Photos Theme Park.

On the left-hand side of this photo, we see a woman taking a bite out of an apple offered to her by a man—shades of Adam and Eve! On the right, we see the same couple, and they've noticed the other version of themselves—the woman is pointing in their direction and the man is looking over at them.

According to the typed label attached to the back, this is a photo of "Mr. & Mrs. Emerson Clover, Central Park, Whittier, California, March 31, 1921."

I haven't uncovered any information regarding how Emerson J. Clover (1854-1926) and his wife, Alice K. Clover (1864-1947) created this trick photo, but the double exposure is well done. Central Park in Whittier, California, still exists. Part of a circular fountain or other structure in the park is visible beyond the tree.

See also the full version of the photo, which is mounted on cardboard.

The Ghosts of Easter Past

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Sun, 23 Oct 2016 05:03:18 +0000

Alan Mays has posted:

A photo for the Vintage Photos Theme Park for the topics of spirit photography / ghostly images / haunted houses (post up to 3 images on any combination of these themes).

Ghostly images of semitransparent kids and a grinning bunny make for a haunting scene in this undated snapshot.

Haunted Birthday Party, Sept. 1955

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 21 Oct 2016 20:47:02 +0000

Alan Mays has posted:

A photo for the Vintage Photos Theme Park for the topics of spirit photography / ghostly images / haunted houses (post up to 3 images on any combination of these themes).

Representatives from the spirit world have seemingly materialized just in time to sing "Happy Birthday" in what is actually just a double exposure.

See my Ghosts and Hauntings album for more spooky photos.

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nobody@ipernity.com (Marta Wojtkowska) — Sat, 03 Sep 2016 11:42:01 +0000

Marta Wojtkowska has posted:

double trouble
at Silverado City

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Certo Six + Kodak Tri-X 400 + Kodak HC-110 (Dil. H)

The Ghosts of Picnics Past

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 15:36:01 +0000

Alan Mays has posted:

A real photo postcard showing a picnic scene with a ghostly double exposure.

A Woman Pulling Herself on a Wagon

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 18:14:01 +0000

Alan Mays has posted:

A real photo postcard consisting of a trick photo that uses a double exposure to show a woman simultaneously pulling and riding a wagon.

Notice the ghost shafts at the front of the wagon that fade and disappear (they're located behind the woman and below the shafts she's holding). The doppelgänger riding the wagon is pretending to hold the reins (with what looks like a stick with attached string in her right hand).

Not to be confused with A Man Pushing Himself on a Wheelbarrow. 8-)

For another similar trick photo, see A Man Simultaneously Pushing and Riding a Wheelbarrow.

((o))

nobody@ipernity.com (Marta Wojtkowska) — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 20:44:17 +0000

Marta Wojtkowska has posted:

double trouble
at Okuniew, Poland

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Pinhole 0.2 mm +T-Max 100 + D-76(1+3)
(double exposure)