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

Who Was That Masked Man?

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 26 Oct 2020 03:52:02 +0000

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of Halloween (costumes, masks, jack-o'-lanterns, decorations, ghosts, gravestones, or anything else spooky or scary; no limit—post as many Halloween photos as you'd like).

A photo of a man (or possibly a woman) wearing a grotesque mask, overalls, suit jacket, gloves, neckerchief, and straw hat. He's carrying a cane in one hand and a package wrapped in newspapers in the other.

Could this be a Halloween costume? If so, is he dressed as a farmer? Or do the cane and package suggest a stick-type bindle characteristic of a hobo?

This is an unused real photo postcard with an AGFA-ANSCO stamp box on the other side, which indicates that it may date to the 1930s or 1940s.

A couple of other details point to a specific locale. First, under magnification, the heading on part of the bundled up newspapers says, "New Era," so it's possible that it was the Lancaster New Era, a paper published in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Secondly, a pouch of "Good Bite" chewing tobacco with a fish logo is sticking out of the breast pocket on the man's suit jacket. The Good Bite brand of chewing tobacco originated in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

For some other disconcerting masks, see Costume Creepiness.

April 1st—The Sweetest Kiss

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 01 Apr 2019 14:00:02 +0000

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"1er Avril. Le baiser le plus doux est celui qui vient de loin!"

Google translation: April 1st. The sweetest kiss is the one that comes from far away!

A French hand-tinted real photo postcard for the first day in April.

The Way We Catch Them

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Sat, 04 Aug 2018 04:19:02 +0000

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"The Way We Catch Them. Souvenir Post Card Co., N.Y." Postmarked Ocean City, N.J., Sept. 6, 1919.

There Are Some Freak Fish Around Here!

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 13 Jul 2018 18:37:22 +0000

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"There are some fish around here. Greetings from Beach Haven Terrace, N.J."

Printed on the back: "Series 925, Freak Fish, 12 designs."

See also There Are Some Fish Around Here.

Playing Indian and Fishing with a Dog in a Rowboat

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Sun, 01 Jul 2018 20:29:04 +0000

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An on the water photo for the Vintage Photos Theme Park.

A curious photo of a boy and a dog in a rowboat out on the water. Both of them are looking toward the photographer, who's on the shore or in another boat. The boy is holding a fish in one hand and a fishing rod in the other, and he's wearing a headdress and other clothing in imitation of Native American garb (for a closer view, see a cropped version).

Along the far shore in the background is what looks like the silhouette of a swan, though it seems much too big to be a real bird.

This is an unused real photo postcard with an AZO stamp box on the back that suggests that the photo may date to sometime between 1904 and 1918 (or perhaps later).

Something Fishy This Way Comes

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 26 Mar 2018 03:58:10 +0000

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A French real photo postcard for April Fools' Day, called poissons d'avril (April fish) in France. There's no postmark on this hand-tinted card, but it likely dates to the early twentieth century.

"1er Avril. Si tu devines que l'envoie, / Tu n'es pas la moitié d'une oie!"

Truckload of Copper River Salmon, Cordova, Alaska, 1937

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 21:47:38 +0000

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Caption at bottom (difficult to see): "179. Copper River Salmon, Cordova, Alaska. Photocraft."

Sign on building: "Northern Meat [Market]."

Addressed on the other side to Bob Bern, Seward, Alaska, and postmarked Cordova, Alaska, Sep. 30, 1937.

Message: "Dear Bob, How is everybody in Seward? Cordova ain't so bad, but I haven't met any girls yet. We are about a half a mile from town so I go every day. Write some time and let me know how you are. Vic Hughes, c/o Wright & Stock, Cordova, Alaska."

Comparison of the Fish in Two Tall-Tale Postcards by Alfred Stanley Johnson, Jr.

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 19 Aug 2016 14:24:44 +0000

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Alfred Stanley Johnson, Jr., a Wisconsin photographer and creator of a series of tall-tale postcards, used the same image of a fish in two different postcards (see below).

Landing a Pike—How We Do Things at Harrisburg, Pa.

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 19 Aug 2016 14:24:48 +0000

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In the early twentieth century, Wisconsin photographer Alfred Stanley Johnson, Jr., created a series of tall-tale postcards featuring oversized fruits, vegetables, and fish. Johnson also used the image of the fish on this postcard for another one of his cards (see below for the other postcard and a side-by-side comparison of the fish from each card).

1er Avril Devinez-qui?

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 14:52:10 +0000

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1er Avril. Tout mon Coeur. Devinez-qui?

Google translation: April 1st. All my heart. Guess who?

A French April Fools' Day postcard.

Poissons d'Avril

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 14:52:12 +0000

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Poissons d'avril (April fish).

A French real photo postcard for April Fools' Day, called poissons d'avril (April fish) in France. This hand-tinted card was postmarked on March 30, 1908.

Recevez mes vœux de Bonheur

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 14:52:14 +0000

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Devinez qui? Devinez quoi?
Je pense a vous; pense à moi!
Avec ce poisson et ces fleurs
Recevez mes vœux de Bonheur.

Google translation:

Guess who? Guess what?
I think of you; think of me!
With this fish and the flowers
Receive my wishes for happiness.

A French real photo April Fools' Day postcard, circa 1900s or 1910s.

Je vous l'offre de bout cœur

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 14:52:16 +0000

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"Je vous l'offre de bout cœur."

Translated as: "I offer you this with all my heart." [Thanks to John FitzGerald for the translation.]

A French real photo April Fools' Day postcard from 1912.

1er Avril Le port est payé d'un baiser

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 14:52:18 +0000

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1er Avril
Le port est payé d'un baiser
Vous n'allez les refuser.

Possibly translated as:

April 1st
The shipping is paid with a kiss
You will not refuse it.

A French real photo April Fools' Day postcard dated 1926.

1er Avril

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 14:52:20 +0000

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"1er Avril" (April 1st.).

A French real photo postcard for April Fools' Day, called poissons d'avril (April fish) in France. This hand-tinted card was postmarked on March 31, 1910.

Walter S. Welton, Boots and Shoes, New Haven, Conn.

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 30 Apr 2015 22:23:30 +0000

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"Walter S. Welton, dealer in fine boots & shoes, 338 Chapel St., New Haven, Conn. Copyrighted by John Gibson, 1881."

A colorful and amusing Victorian-era advertising trade card.

Spofford Lake in the Future, New Hampshire

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 17 Apr 2015 15:44:28 +0000

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"Spoffords Lake in the Future, New Hampshire. Submarine No. 13."

Postmarked: "Brattleboro, Vt., Aug. 1, 1910."

Addressed to: "Mrs. Bell Brown, Elm St., Montpelier, Vermont."

Message: "Hello old (?) sport, How goes it anyway. Am still alive and hope this will find you the same. H.A.K."

This early twentieth-century postcard bears a mundane message on the back, but the front depicts an exciting futuristic scene of submarines, flying fish, battleships, whales, buoys, airships, sea serpents, sailboats, hot air balloons, lighthouses, and other figments of the imagination at Spofford Lake in southwestern New Hampshire.

Pipe-Smoking Fisherman

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 06 Feb 2015 20:16:22 +0000

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An Ektachrome slide dated July 1964.

Sailfish Caught on Yacht Skip Jack, Floridian Hotel Dock, Miami Beach, Florida

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 26 Apr 2021 02:24:02 +0000

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A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of tattered & torn (or otherwise damaged).

"For[idian] Ho[tel]. Floridian fishing dock, Miami Beach. Caught on yacht Skip Jack, Capt. E. P. Le May."

A tattered, torn, creased, and taped photo of two fishermen posing with a sailfish on the dock of the Floridian Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida.

Lunch Menu, Hotel Ponce de Leon, St. Augustine, Florida, Feb. 26, 1888

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 28 May 2015 20:30:18 +0000

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The Ponce de Leon Hotel in St. Augustine, Florida, was built by Henry Morrison Flagler, "a Gilded Age industrialist, railroad pioneer, and partner with John D. Rockefeller in Standard Oil" (as described on Flagler College's Legacy of Innovation page). The luxury hotel opened on January 10, 1888, and this menu dates to February 26 of that year. Today, the hotel building is part of Flagler College.

Gil Wilson 's History of the City of St. Augustine Web site contains additional information regarding the Ponce de Leon Hotel and Osborn Dunlap Seavey, the hotel's manager in 1888.

Not to be confused with the Ponce de Leon Hotel in Roanoke, Virginia:

Hotel Ponce de Leon, St. Augustine, Florida
O. D. Seavey, manager

Lunch, Saturday, February 25, 1888.

Consommé. Julienne with rice,

Pickled oysters. Fried shad roe, á la tartare. Radishes. Bermuda potatoes.

Roast leg of mutton. Smoked beef tongue with spinach.

Currie of chicken, á l' Indienne. Kidneys, sautés, with mushrooms. Baked sweet potatoes. New beets.

Boston baked beans. Pressed corned beef. Game pie. Ribs of beef. Ham. Tongue. Mutton. Pickled tripe. Pickled lamb tongue.

Asparagus salad. Chicken salad. Sliced tomatoes. Lettuce.

Stewed prunes. Apple pie. Pumpkin pie. Ginger snaps. Lady cake. Croquettes Parisiennes. Assorted cake. Pistache ice cream. Fruit. American and foreign cheese. Tea. Coffee.