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

Dog and Pony Show

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 02:09:02 +0000

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of just for fun (inspired by one of Rick’s albums).

Well, maybe it's not a full-fledged dog and pony show, but someone took an amusing picture of these two in what looks to be a farm setting.

This is a real photo postcard with no address, message, postmark, or other identifying details. On the back of the card is an Azo stamp box design (with squares in all four corners) that suggests a time frame that may range from 1924 to 1949.

Boy with Strunk's Studio Horse, Reading, Pennsylvania

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

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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.

Robert and Maud Pulling a Wagon

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 03:43:02 +0000

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A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of horses, carriages, or wagons.

The handwritten message on the other side of this real photo postcard says, "This is our horses Robert & Maud in front of Fulton Miller's house." There's no stamp or postmark, but the card is addressed to "Mr. Glen[n] Lyle, RFD, Brookville, [Pennsylvania], c/o Herbert Lyle." The Velox stamp box (with diamonds in the corners and "Place Stamp Here" in the middle) indicates that it may date to as early as 1907-1917.

Horses, Cows, and Plows (Detail 3)

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Sat, 03 Oct 2015 20:50:18 +0000

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Horses, Cows, and Plows (Detail 2)

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Sat, 03 Oct 2015 20:50:20 +0000

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Horses, Cows, and Plows in Front of a Barn, Quarryville, Pa. (Detail on Left)

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Sat, 03 Oct 2015 20:50:22 +0000

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Horses, Cows, and Plows

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Sat, 03 Oct 2015 20:50:24 +0000

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

A photo showing a remarkable assortment of people, animals, and equipment on display in front of a large Pennsylvania barn. The dealer's tag on this cardboard-mounted photo identified the location as a farm near Quarryville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Mouse over the image above to see close-ups of the men, women, horses, cows, carriages, and plows visible in the foreground.

Two Kids on a Horse

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 04:48:02 +0000

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A kids on horses photo for the Vintage Photos Theme Park.

A couple of kids pose on a horse in front of their house in this undated photo. For a similar picture, see The Cowboy Kid at Sidewalk Ranch.

A Signal from Mars? (Lassoing a Toy Horse)

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 12 Oct 2020 00:20:06 +0000

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The rope of a lasso surrounds a tiny toy horse.

For more information, see another detail from the same photo along with the original version.

A Signal from Mars? (Woman with Sheet Music)

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 12 Oct 2020 00:20:08 +0000

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A woman poses for a photo and pretends to sing as she holds the sheet music for A Signal from Mars: March and Two Step.

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A Signal from Mars?

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 12 Oct 2020 00:20:10 +0000

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A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of over the shoulder (something or somebody).

Everyone in this puzzling photo is holding something. The man on the left is holding a cane over his shoulder, and the second man has a rope wrapped around his left hand. Both men are watching the woman in the middle, who's holding sheet music and singing. The woman on the right, who's seated in a chair, is holding a lute and is playing it to accompany the woman who's singing. The woman standing beside the singer and both of the men are all holding rolled-up papers of some sort.

A closer look at the photo reveals some curious details. First, the sheet music that the woman is holding is entitled A Signal from Mars: March and Two Step, which was published in 1901 (hear a piano version on YouTube). Since the piece is an instrumental "march and two step" without any lyrics, why is the woman pretending to use it as she's singing?

Secondly, the rope that the second man is holding extends down to the floor where it's coiled around a small horse pull toy. Why did the man lasso a tiny toy horse?

I don't have any answers for the questions that this photo poses. Although the painted backdrop and patterned floor covering suggest that this picture was taken in a photo studio, I wonder if this might be a scene from a theatrical production. There was a popular comedic play with a similar title—A Message from Mars—that toured the United States between 1903 and 1905. As far as I can determine, however, A Message from Mars was not a musical, and there was no connection to the sheet music for A Signal from Mars.

Henry Weill, Dealer in Horses, Lancaster, Pa.

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 04:29:02 +0000

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Henry Weill (1860-1929) was a well-known horse dealer in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. This business card was printed for him by David Bachman Landis.

For similar cards by Landis that feature text printed over a background illustration, see:

-- Chas. O. Ursprung, Horse Collar Manufacturer, Lancaster, Pa.
-- W. R. Cheney, Carriage Builder, Lancaster, Pa.
-- William C. Myers, Practical Artesian Well Contractor, Salunga, Pa.

Henry Weill,

Dealer in Driving, Heavy Draft, and Fine Coach and Saddle Horses.

Sale and Exchange Stables, 200 to 216 West Orange St., Lancaster, Pa.

Presented by ________

Acclimated and western horses always on hand.

Telephone connection.

J. H. Hain, Manufacturer of Saddles, Harness, Whips, Reading, Pa.

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 03 Feb 2020 03:57:10 +0000

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A cameo card for Jacob Haak Hain (1823-1891), who was a saddler in Reading, Pennsylvania. For a brief biography of Hain, see History of the Hain Family: Descendants of George and Veronica Hain (Reading Eagle Press, 1941), p. 65:

"Jacob Haak Hain. . . born 1822 [or 1823, according to his gravestone], died 1891. On December 9, 1845, he married Mary Ann Goodhart, daughter of Jacob and Mary Ann (Beidler) Goodhart. She was born 1825, died 1898. He carried on a harness making business at 321 Penn Street, Reading and was Chairman of the Democratic Standing Committee, 1863-64; Clerk of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Berks County, 1872-75. Jacob, his wife, and their three children are buried in Charles Evans Cemetery."

Another of Hain's business cards (not a cameo card, however) is available as part of the Library Company of Philadelphia Digital Collections. See Jacob H. Hain, Manufacturer of Saddles, Harness, Bridles, Collars, Covers, Whips. No. 321 Penn Street, Reading, Pa.

For additional examples of cameo cards, see Best Boiler Works, Lancaster, Pa., and Eagle Marble Works, Monuments, Tombs, Gravestones, Reading, Pa.

J. H. Hain,

Manufacturer of Saddles, Harness, Whips, Collars, Fly Nets, Covers, &c.

No. 321 Penn Street, Reading, Pa.

McClement Bros.

Chicago and North-Western Railway Station, Des Moines, Iowa

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 19 Aug 2019 04:38:04 +0000

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This early postcard nicely captures the hustle and bustle of trains, cars, and wagons at a railroad station in Des Moines, Iowa, during the early twentieth century.

Building signs provide some additional details. Below the sign for the "Passenger Station, Chicago and North-Western Railway" is another one that indicates that the "American Express Co." was based there as well. Barely visible signs on the brick buildings on the other side of the railroad cars identify one as the factory for "Garr Scott & Co " which manufactured threshing machinery, and another--the tallest building in the distance--as the Grand Hotel.

Union Steam Fire Engine and Hose Co., No. 1, Lebanon, Pa., 1912

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 25 Feb 2019 05:41:02 +0000

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"Union Steam Fire Engine & Hose Co., No. 1, Lebanon, Pa. 123-125 S. 9th St. (near Walnut)."

Printed on the back of this postcard: "24224 - Pub. by Harpel's Art Store, Lebanon, Pa. Officers. President - Geo. T. Spang. Vice-Pres. - Wm. S. Rise. Secretary - Wm. A. Spangler. Treasurer - Chas. H. Killinger. Chief Eng. - Levi Hartz. Equipment - 2nd. size Amoskeag Engine, Hose Wagon. Organized Feb. 22, 1780. Chartered as Steam Fire Engine Co., March 19, 1866."

According to an article that appeared in the Lebanon Daily News on April 22, 1970, p. 19, this was one of a series of fire company postcards published by Harpel's Art Store for the thirty-third annual convention of the Pennsylvania State Firemen's Association, which was held in Lebanon on September 10 to 14, 1912.

For another Lebanon fire company postcard, see Liberty Steam Fire Engine and Hose Company, No. 3, Lebanon, Pa., 1912.

Donkey Photography—"Look Pleasant"

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Sat, 13 Oct 2018 06:14:02 +0000

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"Look pleasant" is what the horse/photographer is saying as a donkey and boy pose for a photo.

This is a postcard addressed on the other side to Mrs. Emma Cranford, Lisbon, Ohio, R.F.D. No. 2, and postmarked Wilson, Pa., June 27, 1910.

Handwritten message: "Sun. eve., just closing. All well and have been busy all day. Will write you a letter tomorrow. Got cherries and were fine and many thanks till better paid [I'm not sure of the meaning of this run-on sentence]. Love, Alice & Jno.

Dr. LeGear, Largest Horse in the World

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 27 Sep 2018 05:07:04 +0000

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What would be a good name for the "largest horse in the world," a Percheron owned by Dr. L. D. LeGear, whose company manufactured patent veterinary medicines in the early twentieth century? Well, how about "Dr. LeGear"? That wouldn't confuse anybody, would it?

Dr. LeGear
Largest horse in the world.
21 hands high, weight 2995 pounds.

Owned by Dr. L. D. LeGear Medicine Co., St. Louis, Mo.
Mfrs. Dr. LeGear's Stock and Poultry Remedies.
"One for every ailment."

Printed on the back of the postcard:

"Dr. LeGear" the giant horse is a beautiful dapple seal brown Persheron gelding 21 hands high, takes a 32-inch collar, is perfectly proportioned, absolutely sound, weighed May 1, 1913, 2995 pounds, and is valued at $25,000.00. Owned by Dr. L. D. LeGear Medicine Co., St. Louis, Mo., m'f'g's. Dr. LeGear's Stock and Poultry Remedies.

Lancaster, Elizabethtown, and Middletown Turnpike Company Ticket (Rotated)

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 19 Jul 2018 16:47:04 +0000

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For more information, see the original version of the ticket.

Lancaster, Elizabethtown, and Middletown Turnpike Company Ticket

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 19 Jul 2018 16:47:06 +0000

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"Lancaster, E., & M. Turnpike Co. The gate keepers must punch the spaces. Gate - 1, 2, 3, 4, 4½ , 5, 6, 7. Horse Team - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Cattle, Etc."

An unused ticket for the Lancaster, Elizabethtown, and Middletown Turnpike Company, which operated a private turnpike in Lancaster and Dauphin counties in Pennsylvania. Sections of what are now Pennsylvania Route 230 and Pennsylvania Route 283 eventually replaced the turnpike.

See also a rotated version of the ticket.

Berks and Dauphin Turnpike Road Company Ticket

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 19 Jul 2018 16:47:08 +0000

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The Berks and Dauphin Turnpike Road Company was in existence from 1805 to about 1917 and collected tolls along a road that extended from Berks County through Lebanon County and into Dauphin County in Pennsylvania.

The punches on this ticket indicate that it cost 5 cents for a trip in Lebanon County between Annville (or Sporting Hill?) and Sunny Side, a distance of 3 (or 2¼?) miles.

Berks & Dauphin Turnpike Road Co.

Dimes - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0.

Rates

For 1 horse and carriage - 1½ cts. per mile
For 2 horses and carriage - 2½ cts. per mile
For 1 horse and sleigh - .75 cts. per mile
For 1 horse rode or led - ½ cts. per mile
For 1 horse and sulky - 1 cts. per mile
For 1 wagon per horse - 1 cts. per mile
For bicycle - ½ cts. per mile

From Junction - Mls.

to P. & R. Crossing - 1
to Swatara Station - 1¾
to Palmyra - 5
to Kreider's Mill - 9¼
to Annville - 10¼
to Sporting Hill - 11
to Cleona - 12
to Stony Side - 13
to Lebanon - 15¼

to Wernersville - 34¼
to Robesonia - 31¼
to Womelsdorf - 28¼
to Waterloo - 26½
to Stouchsburg - 26
to Owl Creek - 22¾
to Myerstown - 21¾
to West Myerstown - 21¼
to Half-way - 19¼
to Narrows - 18¼
to Avon - 17¼

Cents - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0.

For a similar item, see Lancaster, Elizabethtown, and Middletown Turnpike Company Ticket.