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Red Lion Hotel, Mount Joy, Pennsylvania

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 04:22:02 +0000

This business card for the Red Lion Hotel likely dates to the 1870s or 1880s. The hotel proprietor, John B. Shelly (1827-1889), worked as a “merchant” in 1860, according to the U.S. Federal Census, but by 1870 it listed his occupation as “keeps hotel” and in 1880 he was an “innkeeper.”

The background design reminds me of a moiré pattern.

Red Lion Hotel

Opposite the Railroad Station,
Mount Joy, Pa.

J. B. Shelly, Proprietor.

Good Accommodations and Moderate Charges.

EeK !! a spider

nobody@ipernity.com (James) — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 11:55:11 +0000

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Can you spot the spider?

Mixed Ale Quartet, 1906

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 03:24:02 +0000

Alan Mays has posted:

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of curtains.

This 1906 portrait shows the "Mixed Ale Quartet." Four young men in suits sit in chairs with striped slipcovers. A patterned carpet rests at their feet, and lace curtains hang behind them. The men posed playfully for the picture, each wearing a humorous tag: "Fed with a Spoon," "Girls Wanted," or "Not Married." From left to right:

-- R. J. Ried wears a "Fed with a Spoon" tag.
-- J. J. Grace has his mouth wide open and pretends to sing. He wears a "Girls Wanted" tag.
-- J. J. Hallihan wears a "Not Married" tag and holds a small "Xaverians" sign. This sign suggests a connection to a school run by the Xaverian Brothers, a Catholic religious institute.
-- The Great What Is It (as he's named in the list) wears a "Fed with a Spoon" tag. He holds a folding ruler shaped like the number 4. The phrase "Sad but true" is written next to an arrow pointing at him.

This is a real photo postcard with an undivided back. It’s addressed to Mrs. Adelaide M. Scott, Arcadia, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia. The card bears an initial postmark from Brooklyn, N.Y., Station L, on November 6, 1906, and a second one added in Arcadia, on November 7.

Mixed Ale Quartet

1 - R. J. Ried
2 - J. J. Grace
3 - J. J. Hallihan
4 - The Great What Is It

Sad but true.

Hinge

nobody@ipernity.com (James) — Sat, 26 Sep 2026 11:53:43 +0000

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May I See You Home?

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 04:15:02 +0000

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A nineteenth-century acquaintance card with an elaborate border and Text Ornate typeface.

“May I See U Home.”

Reider Family Picking Blackberries, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1913

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 21 Sep 2026 02:12:02 +0000

Alan Mays has posted:

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of fruit.

Caption (vertically along the left-hand side): "Reider Family Picking Black-Berries, Lanc. Co."

A real photo postcard of Edward H. Reider (1875-1942) and his family. It's addressed on the other side to Mr. David Spangler, Lebanon, Leb. Co., Penn., Rout. 2, and postmarked in Elizabethtown, Pa., on September 10, 1913.

Message: "Elizabethtown, Pa., Sept. 1, 1913. Friend, We are all well as you see on the face of this card. Hoping youence [i.e., you-uns or youns] are all the same. Truly yours, E. H. Reider."

Fading beauties

nobody@ipernity.com (James) — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 12:20:01 +0000

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Orchards shop

nobody@ipernity.com (James) — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 12:00:46 +0000

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A family run business that has been in the same family for 161 years now and is still going strong, when you go inside here you can almost feel the history.

Men Behaving Badly — Celluloid Photographic Medallion

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 07 Sep 2026 02:17:02 +0000

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A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of bad habits.

The man at upper left is smoking a cigar as he opens a bottle of wine. The man at upper right also has a cigar in his mouth and is holding a bottle in one hand as he reaches down with the other to give the man at lower left a drink.

There's no date, location, or manufacturer indicated on this celluloid photographic medallion, which consists of a metal backing and a photograph covered by celluloid, an early type of plastic.

For additional examples, see my album of Celluloid Photographic Medallions and the George Eastman House's collection of Celluloid Medallions & Buttons on Flickr.

See also Gerald Perlman and David Trachtenberg's book, Collecting Celluloid Photo Medallions, published by Victoria Victoriana Antiques in 2014.

Keeping it simple

nobody@ipernity.com (James) — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 11:59:20 +0000

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Three Nuns

nobody@ipernity.com (James) — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 12:13:14 +0000

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Just the name of this sounds like the start of a joke.

None yesterday, none today, None tomorrow

Great gray owl

nobody@ipernity.com (Chuck) — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 13:22:01 +0000

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Taken on my street. When winters were more severe, they came every time. Now they're rare. Probably for the best since it keeps the photo-baiters and "social" photogs away. Saved by Topaz DeNoise as it was pretty much dark out for this pan. It was a very cold and damp Valentine's Day. Street was closed, so traffic wasn't an issue. Got a little ahead of the owl but with massaging (brightened, saturated, denoised, sharpened) there was a decent shot in there, at least to me. Pushed that 1-inch sensor to the edge.

Great gray owl

nobody@ipernity.com (Chuck) — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 13:22:01 +0000

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Great gray owl

nobody@ipernity.com (Chuck) — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 13:22:00 +0000

Chuck has posted:

Taken on my street. When winters were more severe, they came every time. Now they're rare. Probably for the best since it keeps the photo-baiters and "social" photogs away. This one seemed surprised to see me, but I was even more surprised to look up and see the owl. Saved by Topaz DeNoise. Sigma 18-200mm. Blocky background due to upping the shadows and downing the highlights.

Great gray owl

nobody@ipernity.com (Chuck) — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 13:22:02 +0000

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Great gray owl

nobody@ipernity.com (Chuck) — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 13:22:02 +0000

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1950's Chevrolet 430 pickup truck

nobody@ipernity.com (James) — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 12:02:20 +0000

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Sending You My Picture So You Will Fall in Love

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 03:24:02 +0000

Alan Mays has posted:

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the topic of nautical.

The handwritten message on the other side of this real photo postcard says, "I['m] senting [sending] you my pitcher [picture] so you will fall in love with me. Your friend, A.M., USS Mercury."

There's no stamp or postmark on the verso, but the card is addressed to Miss Ida Nelson, Lakeport, N.H.

Printed on the other side: "This Photo can be Enlarged or Duplicates made at the Modern Studio, 46 Sands St., Brooklyn, N.Y."

This is a divided-back photo postcard with a type of Azo stamp box (four corner triangles with two pointing up and two pointing down) that suggests a date as early as 1917 to 1930.

Key

nobody@ipernity.com (James) — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 12:02:58 +0000

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Parade of Christmas and New Year Wishes

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 24 Aug 2026 02:57:02 +0000

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A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of children in uniform.

A wonderfully amusing photographic greeting card with a montage of parading children and pets. Larry is wearing his drum major uniform, Dorothy is playing her flute, and even Dino the dog and Poppy the cat are taking part.

The Taylors join the parade to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Larry, drum major.
Dorothy, flute tootler.
Dino, circus barker.
Poppy, untrained animal.