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

Leap Year—I Saw You First

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 26 Feb 2016 16:24:58 +0000

"Leap Year. I saw you first!"

Leap Year--when women are supposedly free to propose marriage to men--was the topic of comic postcards in 1908 and 1912 (see examples above and below).

It's Leap Year! Sh-ss-h! Here Comes One!

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 26 Feb 2016 16:24:56 +0000

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"It's Leap Year. Sh-ss-h! Here comes one!. Dwig."

Postmarked Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 23, 1912, and addressed to Miss Lettice Mitchel, Beaver Springs, Pa. Unsigned message: "Guess?"

A Leap Year postcard by "Dwig," otherwise known as the American cartoonist named Clare Victor Dwiggins (1874-1958).

This Is Leap Year, I Want to Propose

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 26 Feb 2016 16:24:46 +0000

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"This is Leap Year, I want to propose; give me a chance before the year goes. 1912."

You're Not Safe During Leap Year in 1908—Unless You Have Your License

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 26 Feb 2016 17:08:56 +0000

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"You're not safe in 1908—unless you have your (marriage) license. Leap Year. Dog wagon. Ma. Pa. 1063."

Leap Year—Running After a Good Catch

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 26 Feb 2016 16:24:48 +0000

Alan Mays has posted:

"Leap Year. Running after a good catch."

Leap Year 1908—Be My Chauffeur on the Auto of Life

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 26 Feb 2016 16:38:58 +0000

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"Leap Year 1908. Be my chauffeur on the auto of life. D. P. Crane, '08."

Leap Year postcards (above and below) from a 1908 series by illustrator Donn P. Crane .