Photos, videos and docs of Alan Mays, with the keywords: "1948"

Valentine's Day Snow Sculpture, Poultney, Vermont, 1948

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 01:48:02 +0000

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of Valentine's Day - hearts, cupids, arrows, love, or what have you?

This real photo postcard features a snow sculpture of Cupid standing next to a heart with an arrow through it. A building is in the background, and two cars are parked along the street in front of the building. Two women are walking near one of the trees on the left.

The card is addressed on the other side to Edith Towey, 1744 Summerfield St., Brooklyn 27, N.Y., and it was postmarked in Poultney, Vermont, on February 13, 1948. The location of the snow sculpture is listed on the verso as "Green Mountain Junior College, Poultney, VT," and a handwritten "Valentine's Greetings" appears above the name of a studio, "H. B. Rood Photo, Poultney, VT."

According to a brief biography by the Poultney Historical Society, Harry B. Rood (1871-1960) lived in Poultney his entire life. He began working in his father's photography studio in the 1890s and continued as a photographer after his father's death.

At the time Rood took this photo, Green Mountain Junior College was a two-year college for women and then became a four-year college for both men and women in 1974, when its name changed to Green Mountain College. Ames Hall, the campus building that appears in the photo, is still standing, but the college itself closed in 2019 after experiencing financial difficulties.

Thomas Dewey and His Wife at the Republican National Convention, Philadelphia, June 1948 (Cropped)

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 13 Jul 2020 03:56:04 +0000

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This is Thomas Dewey, the 1948 Republican presidential nominee, and his wife in an image from the televised broadcast of the 1948 Republican National Convention. The image is a photograph of the screen of a television set that received the convention broadcast in 1948.

See also the full version of this photo and a snapshot of the actual Philco 48-1001 television set that was tuned in to the convention broadcast.

Thomas Dewey and His Wife at the Republican National Convention, Philadelphia, June 1948

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 13 Jul 2020 03:56:06 +0000

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Handwritten caption: "Taken on our 10" television screen - June 24, 1948. Dewey nominated for pres."*

This snapshot of 1948 Republican presidential nominee Thomas Dewey and his wife is actually a photo of an image from the screen of a Philco 48-1001 television set tuned in to the broadcast of the 1948 Republican National Convention, which "was the first presidential convention to be shown on 'national' television". In 1948, according to Wikipedia, "there were 27 television stations in full operation in the US and an estimated 350,000 TV sets in the whole country."

For a better view of the televised image, see a cropped version of this photo.

*Although the handwritten caption below the photo gives the date as June 24, it's possible that it was a day later, on June 25, 1948.

Philco Television Set, 1948

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 13 Jul 2020 03:56:08 +0000

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A photo of outdated technology (typewriters, record players, etc) for the Vintage Photos Theme Park.

This is a photo of a Philco 48-1001 television set, which was manufactured in 1948 and had a 10-inch television screen. I bought this along with a second photo showing 1948 Republican presidential nominee Thomas Dewey and his wife at the Republican National Convention, which was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in June 1948. The image of Dewey and his wife is actually a photo of the screen of this TV set taken during the broadcast of the Republican convention, which was the first nationally televised presidential convention. See also a cropped version of the second photo.

Best Wishes for the Coming Year, 1948

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 15:42:27 +0000

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