Contributions of the group Posed Groups

Photographing the Photographer

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 03:08:04 +0000

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of people holding cameras.

Written on the other side of this photo: "Shore, July 1963."

Two couples stand together on a shoreline deck as one man raises his camera toward a photographer on an approaching boat.

See a cropped version of the photo for a close-up view of the group.

Central Pennsylvania Gospel Band

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 03:40:02 +0000

Alan Mays has posted:

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of bands (music groups).

An unused real photo postcard of the fifty-seven members of the Central Pennsylvania Gospel Band, circa 1951.

See also an announcment of an appearance by The Central Pennsylvania Gospel Band, Roxbury, Pa., June 23, 1957.

A Joyous Picnic Outing, August 1913

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 03:55:04 +0000

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A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of food.

Caption at the bottom of the photo: "A Joyous Outing." Date written vertically on the tree in the background: "Aug. 1913."

A photo of twenty-six men and women who have gathered around a picnic blanket covered with food and place settings. See a cropped version of the photo for a better view of the food.

This is a divided-back real photo postcard with no message, address, or postmark on the other side. The Cyko stamp box ("Cyko - Place Postage Stamp Here") printed on the verso indicates a date between 1907 and the 1920s, which matches the August 1913 date written on the front.

The Smart Set?

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Sun, 12 Apr 2026 15:42:04 +0000

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A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of strange or unusual.

Despite the caption on the photo, this group doesn't look like a sophisticated and fashionable "Smart Set."

Who are these people? Are two of them guys dressed as women (at left and in the middle)? Why is the one woman (second from left) wearing a white dress with a black hat, black shoes, and what looks like black bloomers sticking out below the dress? What kind of costume, which includes a skirt, vest, and sash, is the other woman (second from right) wearing? And, strangest of all, what or who is the person on the right — with a waist-level sign that says, "Ariel," and a puzzling hat that covers the whole head except for the nose and some dark glasses — supposed to be?

This is an unused divided-back real photo postcard with trilingual text — "Post Card - Carte Postale - Postkarte" — printed on the other side that suggests a European origin. The back is otherwise blank, and there’s no message, address, or postmark to provide additional clues about when the photo was taken or where it came from.

See also the full version of this photo.

Nurses and Soldiers

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 03:44:04 +0000

Alan Mays has posted:

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of nurses or nuns.

Handwritten note in black ink on the other side of this photo: "This is Merritt on the end sitting down. He is pretty but he's better looking than Leo was."

Later note in blue ink on the verso: "Babe Closner's husband."

Nine nurses and five soldiers pose for a group photo on a sunny day. I like all the different expressions on their faces, some beaming with wide smiles and others with squinty eyes as they endure the bright sunlight.

I'm not sure where or when the photo was taken. Perhaps the uniforms that the nurses and soldiers are wearing would provide some clues.

See also the full version of the photo.

City Band of York, Pennsylvania, 1915

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 02:18:02 +0000

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A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of stripes.

Drumhead: “City Band of York, Pa."

Credit line: "Photo by M. J. Murnane, York, Pa., 1915."

Printed on the back: "M. J. Murnane, No. 227 W. Market St., York, Pa. At the Bridge."

This is a divided-back real photo postcard with an Azo stamp box design (four corner triangles pointing up) on the other side. The time frame of 1907 to 1918 is commonly associated with this type of design, and that matches the 1915 date of the photo.

The name of "Elwood Slaugenhaupt" -- he was born in 1917 and died in 2000, according to Find A Grave -- is written on the other side. Slaugenhaupt would have been too young to have been one of the musicians pictured in the photo.

Dead Gamers, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, ca. 1909

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 09 Jun 2025 02:51:08 +0000

Alan Mays has posted:

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of something beginning with D.

This is a real photo postcard with a divided back, and the type of Azo stamp box (with four corner triangles pointing up) printed on the other side suggests a date between 1907 and 1918. The text on the banner in the photo is "Dead Gamers, Orgd. 1898, Lancaster, Pa." The lettering on the drumhead is "Dead-Gamers, Lancaster, Pa." Both the banner and the drumhead include an illustration of a rooster that's saying, "Hur-ray."

The Dead Gamers' Camping Association was a fraternal group based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. This same photo appeared in "The Lancaster That Was" column in the Lancaster Sunday News, October 22, 1978, p. B-2, with the headline, "When the Dead Gamers Were a Lively Bunch of Robust Lads."

The column said, "The club, replete with its band, is seen in [this] photo as it took its departure from the old Reading Railroad Station, at Prince and James Streets, in Aug. 1909 for an encampment at Bedford, Pa." I'm not sure this information is accurate, however, since Heather Truckenmiller's article, The Dead Gamers Camp in Allenwood, Pa., cites sources that place the Dead Campers in Allenwood, Union County, Pa., rather than Bedford, Pa., in August 1909.

"The Dead Gamers," the column explains, "were typical of a number of camping clubs that flourished in this community in the late 1800s and the early 1900s. The lads, we are told, were banded together as all-male social organizations . . . to eat, drink, and make merry with joyous song. And when the spirit moved them they took off for extended camping trips into the wilds."

A handwritten note on the other side of this photo identifies one of the men as "Eugene E. Gates, Sr.," and tells the viewer to "look for man with beard, dot on shirt, in centre (back) of [the group in the] photo."

For a better view of the group, see a cropped version of the photo. I also created an enlargement of the image that shows where Eugene E. Gates, Sr., is standing.

For another real photo postcard related to this camping association, see Caught Napping with the Dead Gamers.

Family with Dog

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 26 May 2025 03:58:02 +0000

Alan Mays has posted:

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of a little dog.

Unidentified members of a family, including a boy holding a dog, pose for a picture. This is an unused real photo postcard with a divided back and an Azo stamp box design (four corner triangles pointing up) on the other side, which suggests a date that may be as early as 1907 to 1918.

AJSMOC[25] - February meeting [HTT]

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Fri, 14 Feb 2025 17:09:46 +0000

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The obligatory snap of club members --- plus our "mascot" Bella the rescued collie [she's sitting on my coat] plus a 650 twin's petrol tank. {the fixing method has been discussed as it seems a little non-standard and a solution determined}.
The main topic has been road runs & visits for "The Jampot Rally" in August 2025 - we're hosting it this year.

{added to HTT on 8th Sept 2026}

Wedding Photo with Gramophone, Mandolin, and Guitar

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 04:55:02 +0000

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A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of music lover.

This is a divided-back real photo postcard of wedding participants and guests with the bride and groom seated in the center.

Music evidently played an important part in the wedding celebration. A gramophone is displayed prominently at front left, and two musicians -- a man in uniform with a mandolin and another man with a guitar -- are lying on the ground in front of the group.

Other interesting details include a fellow holding up a bottle and a mug (upper left) and a barefooted man with a dog on his lap (lower right).

There's no date or location, and the only clue to the photo's origin is an ink-stamped credit to "Foto - N. Aboltin" on other side.

abc - first meeting of 2025 [HTT]

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 20:48:34 +0000

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Tucked up in snug at the "Robin Hood" - discussions included what people had got up to, since the Meal last month.
Plus the recent weather & forecasts, of course !

Vintage Family Selfie

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 06 Jan 2025 02:27:02 +0000

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A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of proud papa -- man holding an infant or small child.

The man at lower right is holding a string that he pulled to release the shutter on a camera to take this photo. This "string selfie" captured a portrait of himself and thirteen other members of his family, including a man and a woman at the front who are holding a small kid on their laps.

This is a real photo postcard with a divided back and a type of Azo stamp box (with four corner triangles pointing up) on the other side that suggests a possible date that may be as early as 1907 to 1918. There's no address, postmark, or message on the verso.

Eighth Ward Camping Club's Comic Costumes

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 15 Jul 2024 03:54:04 +0000

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A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of be a clown (clowns, people dressed as clowns, or people clowning around).

Banner (upper left): "8th Ward Camping Club."

I haven't been able to determine where the Eighth Ward Camping Club was located or why its members were dressed up in clown costumes and other amusing getups. Considering that there's a fellow behind the group who's delivering a tray full of mugs filled with beer, I'm sure that they're enjoying themselves. See a cropped version of the photo for a closer look at the costumes.

The type of Azo stamp box (with four corner triangles pointing up) printed on the other side of this photo postcard suggests a possible date that may be as early as 1904 to 1918.

Twelve Women Posing

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 09 Oct 2023 03:17:02 +0000

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A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of strike a pose (subject affecting a dramatic or comic pose).

A dozen women pose with hands on shoulders in this undated real photo postcard with a divided back. There's no message, address, postmark, or stamp box on the other side to provide clues about the date or origin of this photo.

For a similar photo of eleven women posing with hands on shoulders, see Bob White Camp.

Twenty-Six on a Bridge

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 10 Apr 2023 02:50:08 +0000

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A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of people on a bridge.

A group of twenty-six people -- ten men, nine women, and seven children -- stood on a narrow bridge over a swiftly flowing stream to pose for this photo. For better views of the group, see cropped versions of the left side and right side of the photo.

The type of Azo stamp box (with four corner triangles pointing up) printed on the other side of this photo postcard suggests a possible date that may be as early as 1904 to 1918. The postcard is unused, and there's no indication where the stream is located.

RERM - official opening plaque

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Sun, 22 Oct 2017 21:00:05 +0000

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The unveiled plaque. Paul Atterbury, who performed the opening, Peter van Zeller (Museum curator) and Peter Hensman (R&ER Co Chair)

wsc[22] - party time

nobody@ipernity.com (StoneRoad2013) — Fri, 30 Dec 2022 23:11:38 +0000

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This happy group are fellow members of the North East Section of the AJS and Matchless Owner's Club, at a slightly early dinner, to celebrate the up-coming Winter Solstice.
The meal was excellent, and a good time was had by all.

Coca-Cola and Ice Cream

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 20 Jun 2022 03:57:02 +0000

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A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of ice cream.

To pose for a picture, some young men and women have gathered around a table in what may be a soda shop or ice cream parlor. One of the guys is wearing a paper soda jerk cap, and another one has a "Marco" baseball jersey. Three of the women have saddle shoes, and the one standing on the left-hand side is wearing a skirt with a nautical theme (the pattern in the fabric depicts boats and docks).

A number of Coca-Cola bottles are on the table, and the signs arranged around the room feature advertisements for Dolly Madison ice cream, ice cream soda, Coca-Cola, and ice cream cones. The back of the photo is stamped with "Property of Mrs. Napoletano," but there's no other identifying information.

Signs:

"Dolly Madison Bulk Ice Cream. Deliciously Different. New! Convenient Shape. Easy to Dip. Easy To Store."

"Chocolate Ice Cream Soda."

"[Hospitality.] Coca-Cola."

"[Image of an Ice Cream Cone.] Great for the Kiddies. Good for You."

Five Girls with Dolls

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 30 May 2022 03:54:04 +0000

Alan Mays has posted:

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of side by side.

Five girls with dolls stand side by side as they pose for a photo. The girl on the right seems to be smiling and is looking toward the camera, but the other four have glum expressions with downcast eyes (see a cropped version of the photo for a better view of their faces).

Are the four glum girls annoyed at having their picture taken? Is the smiling girl happy with her doll and are the others disappointed with theirs for some reason? It's difficult to tell what's going on.

This is an unused real photo postcard with an Azo stamp box design (four corner triangles pointing up) on the other side, which indicates a date that may be as early as 1904 to 1918.

A Gathering of Deer Friends

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 02 May 2022 01:45:02 +0000

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A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of hat in hand.

Five fellows pose for a photo on a sunny day. The right side of the image is a bit washed out due to the bright light, but it's evident that the man on the end is holding a straw hat in his hand. What may not be obvious at first glance, however, is that the man in the middle is balancing a mounted deer head against his leg as he holds on to it with both hands.

There's no address, message, or postmark on the other side of this unused real photo postcard. The type of Azo stamp box (with four corner triangles pointing up) printed on it suggests a date that may be as early as 1904 to 1918.

Although animal head taxidermy mounts seem a little macabre to me, I do have two other similar photos. See A Man and His Deer Head and A Man and His Moosehead Bier.

For another photo with multiple hats in hands, see Bachelor's Club Hats.