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

The Cuthbertson Verb Wheels: German, 1938

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 30 Apr 2015 21:06:49 +0000

This Cuthbertson wheel chart displayed the different conjugations for German verbs, but versions for other languages were also available.

Easter Egg Swing, William T. Baldus, Washington, D.C., 1882

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 21:28:57 +0000

Alan Mays has posted:

"Wm. T. Baldus, Pa. Ave. & 19th St. English, French, and German prescriptions a specialty. Copyright by James B. Harrison, 1882."

Errymay Istmaschray!

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 03 Dec 2013 23:24:52 +0000

Alan Mays has posted:

"'Errymay Istmaschray! Ellen, Carl, and Donna Jean Ed, 1933. NRA."

Cartoonist Carl Ed (1890-1959) created this card for himself, his wife Ellen, and his daughter Donna Jean in 1933.

The Santa impersonators are characters from Ed's Harold Teen comic strip. That's Harold Teen himself tipping his Santa hat on the left, and his sidekick Shadow Smart is doing the same on the right. The teenagers' playful greeting of "Errymay Istmaschray" is, of course, Pig Latin for "Merry Christmas."

The eagle and "NRA" on the toy sack refer to the National Recovery Administration, one of the New Deal agencies that U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt established in 1933 to combat the effects of the Great Depression.