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

Boy with Strunk's Studio Horse, Reading, Pennsylvania

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 17 Apr 2023 03:59:04 +0000

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of rocking horse.

On the other side of this real photo postcard is an Azo stamp box (with four corner triangles pointing up) that indicates that the photo may date to sometime between 1904 and 1918. The back of the card also gives its origin: "Strunk's Studio, 750 Penn St., Reading, Pa."

At first glance the boy in the photo appears to be posing with a rocking horse, but a closer examination reveals that the horse's legs are attached to a wooden platform. It may be the same toy horse mounted on wheels that appears in other Strunk photos. See, for instance, a cabinet card with Roy Peiffer on Strunk's Studio Horse, Reading, Pennsylvania.

Girl with Parasol

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 03:58:22 +0000

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A photo of umbrellas or parasols for the Vintage Photos Theme Park.

Printed on the back of this real photo postcard: "Strunk's Studio, 730 Penn St., Reading, Pa."

A young girl poses with a parasol in J. D. Strunk's photo studio in Reading, Pennsylvania. For earlier cabinet photos by Strunk, see Twin Boys with Bows, Reading, Pa., 1890s and Roy Peiffer on Strunk's Studio Horse, Reading, Pennsylvania.

Roy Peiffer on Strunk's Studio Horse, Reading, Pennsylvania

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Sat, 21 May 2016 22:36:40 +0000

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Intended as a rocking horses photo for the Vintage Photos Theme Park.

Handwritten on the back of this cabinet card photo: "Roy Peiffer, cousin. Born about 1905." (If the name and date are correct, then this may be Roy Peiffer, 1905-1990.)

Photographer: "Strunk, cabinet portraits, 730 Penn St., Reading, Pa."

I've been planning all week to use this photo as my rocking horse. On Flickr, I found a similar photo that's titled "The Rocking Horse Winner" - circa 1890 Cabinet Card. It's from the same studio and shows a little boy standing beside the same horse.

I was surprised and disappointed, however, when I did some more searching yesterday and discovered another cabinet photo with the horse that's for sale on a military antiques Web site. Unlike my photo and the one on Flickr, the third photo on the antiques site clearly reveals that the horse is standing on a wooden base with four wheels--there are no rockers.

Since I won't have a chance to get another photo ready to post before the end of the week, I'll have to throw myself on the mercy of the court and ask the indulgence of my fellow Theme Parkers. If anyone objects to my submission of a wheeled--rather than a rocking--horse for this week's theme, I'll gladly withdraw it.

Twin Boys with Bows, Reading, Pa., 1890s

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 16:45:49 +0000

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Handwritten note on the back of this cabinet photo: "Sister Annie's. Martin - Samuel Heffner (twins)."

Photo studio: "J. D. Strunk, 730 Penn St., Reading, Pa."