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

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.

Danger—Keep Away from Edge of Cliff

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 01 Aug 2016 23:25:52 +0000

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Sign: "Danger. Keep away from edge of cliff."

Unless you're having your picture taken, of course!

Air France and T.I.A.

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 13:44:36 +0000

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A mother and daughter--both of whom are wearing corsages--at an airport. The French airline names on the sign behind them are Air France and T.I.A. (Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux). Kodachrome slide dated June 1960.

Ho! For a Happy Halloween

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 20:03:22 +0000

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A Halloween pickle-pumpkin person postcard!

Postmarked: Howard City, Mich., Oct. 29, 1920.

Addressed to: Mrs. Ida Roush, Coral, Mich. R.F.D.

Handwritten message: "Howard City, Oct. 27. Dear Ida, Will be down Sun. if the weather is good. If you have anything else on, call and let me know and we can come some other time. Lovingly, Ida Gates."

The Kodak Maiden and the Silly Chap

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 26 Feb 2015 17:36:22 +0000

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See the Kodak maiden,
See the silly chap;
He has lots of money
So she has "a snap!"

Published by A. S. Meeker, New York, in 1908, this comic postcard was part of an "'Embossed Comics' Series." Postmarked Lincoln, Nebraska, May 7, 1909, on the back.

Christmas Greetings and Best Wishes for the New Year

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Wed, 20 Dec 2017 04:09:36 +0000

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"Christmas Greetings and Best Wishes for the New Year. The Disques."

My Visit with Santa

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Wed, 23 Dec 2015 16:38:04 +0000

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May Your Family Fireside Radiate a Happy Christmas

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Wed, 20 Dec 2017 04:25:02 +0000

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"May your family fireside radiate and reflect the warmth and glow of a happy Christmas. Long & Company, one-half square east of R.R. sta. Phone 19. Lititz, Pennsylvania. Famous Reading Anthracite."

Hercules Baseball Player, Reading, Pa.

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Wed, 23 Jul 2014 18:38:52 +0000

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Photo studio: John S. Fritz, 852 Penn Street, Reading, Pa.

Unfortunately, I haven't been able to uncover any information regarding a "Hercules" baseball team in or around Reading, Pennsylvania, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Baseball Club, Boswell, Pa.

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 29 Jun 2020 02:34:06 +0000

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A photo of folded arms and/or crossed legs for the Vintage Photos Theme Park.

"...Base-ball Club, Boswel....weg. [or neg.?] by Wm. Hicks."

This is a damaged real photo postcard of a baseball club from Boswell, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, dating to the 1900s or 1910s. Although part of the handwritten caption is missing due to the torn-off corner, the baseball club name appears to have been the Regulars, judging by the shirt worn by the man standing on the left with his hands on his hips. Other players are standing with their arms folded, and some are sitting cross-legged on the ground.

William Hicks was a 24-year-old resident of Boswell when he listed his occupation as photographer on a marriage license application dated November 25, 1907 (as viewed on the Ancestry web site). His wife-to-be was Catharine E. Henry, who was 18 years old and also lived in Boswell.

I haven't been able to locate any additional information about William Hicks and his photographic work, but I'm guessing that he may have been the photographer for two other real photo postcards from the same town: Nicollette at Boswell, Pa., and Atlantic Coal Company's Mine, Boswell, Pa.

Remember Green Erin

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 19:02:48 +0000

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"Remember green Erin. The morn's mornin' to you! Painting only copyrighted by the Int. Art Pub. Co. 1908."

A Saint Patrick's Day postcard by artist Ellen Clapsaddle.

Let Me Hold Your Kids

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 22:40:09 +0000

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"In memories oft' I close my lids, pleading that you be good and let me hold your kids."

May I. C. U. Home? Yes! / No!

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 21:33:34 +0000

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"May I see you home?"

Flirtation Card

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 21 Apr 2015 21:33:24 +0000

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"Might I dare, I fain would ask, / That you would give word or sign, / How I my true love might declare, / And learn my fate at Cupid's shrine."

Hello, Merry Christmas! Operator, Can You Help Me, Help Me If You Please

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Wed, 09 Dec 2015 23:27:02 +0000

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A Girl with Her Bunny and Mom

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 21:21:12 +0000

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Compare with Boys with Their Bunnies and Moms.

Uphold the Old Christmas Traditions and Customs

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Sat, 14 Dec 2013 01:42:15 +0000

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"Hold everything. Wish you were with us this Christmas just to enjoy the upholding of old traditions and customs."

R. & J. Beck, Opticians, Philadelphia, Pa.

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 12 Aug 2013 20:30:15 +0000

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"R. & J. Beck, opticians, 1016 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia. Copyrighted by Chas. W. Frost 1879."

There's no signature, but the artwork is either by or in the style of Kate Greenaway.

For another trade card from this company, see W. H. Walmsley, Manager, R. & J. Beck, Opticians, Philadelphia, Pa. (thumbnail image below).