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Halloween Get-Together with Owl Centerpiece and Witch Hat, October 1971 (Cropped)

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Sun, 20 Dec 2020 17:33:04 +0000

Take a look at the Halloween decorations in the photo. There's a honeycomb tissue owl in the middle of the table, black cats on the cups and plates, and a witch on the hat that the woman is wearing.

For more information, see the full version of this photo.

Halloween Get-Together with Owl Centerpiece and Witch Hat, October 1971

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Sun, 20 Dec 2020 17:33:06 +0000

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A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the monthly theme of free-for-all (submit as many vintage photos on any topic as you'd like each week in addition to—or instead of—a photo for the weekly topic). This also fits the previous theme of Halloween (costumes, masks, jack-o'-lanterns, decorations, ghosts, gravestones, or anything else spooky or scary).

A snapshot of a Halloween gathering in October 1971. In the middle of the table are two lighted candles and a honeycomb tissue owl centerpiece. One woman is holding a candy apple, and the woman to her right is wearing a party hat decorated with the silhouette of a witch. Images of black cats are visible on the cups and plates.

See a cropped version of the photo for a better view of the table decorations and witch hat.

For a second photo of the same scene taken from a different angle, see Halloween Get-Together with Owl and Black Cat Decorations, October 1971.

Halloween Get-Together with Owl and Black Cat Decorations, October 1971 (Cropped)

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Sun, 20 Dec 2020 17:33:08 +0000

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Notice the owl centerpiece and the tablecloth pattern with black cats as witches stirring the contents of cauldrons. Also visible on the tables are candles, plates, cups, spoons, and candy apples. For more information, see the full version of this photo.

Halloween Get-Together with Owl and Black Cat Decorations, October 1971

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Sun, 20 Dec 2020 17:33:10 +0000

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A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of forks, knives, and/or spoons. This also fits the previous theme of Halloween (costumes, masks, jack-o'-lanterns, decorations, ghosts, gravestones, or anything else spooky or scary).

A snapshot of women gathered around a kitchen table decorated for Halloween in October 1971, as the date printed at the top of the photo indicates.

The centerpiece is a honeycomb tissue owl, originally packaged as a "Dennison Halloween Owl, 10" Tall," as I was able to determine after a Google Images search. The pattern on the tablecloth shows an image of black cats as witches stirring the contents of cauldrons. There are also candles, plates, cups, spoons, and candy apples on the table.

See a cropped version of the photo for a better view of the Halloween decorations.

For another photo of the same scene from a different angle, see Halloween Get-Together with Owl Centerpiece and Witch Hat, October 1971.

Girl Standing on a Chair in Front of Patterned Wallpaper

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 03 Nov 2016 21:40:20 +0000

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There's no date or identifying information on this real photo postcard of a young girl who's posing for a picture as she stands on a chair in front of distinctively patterned wallpaper.

Cornered with Wallpaper

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 18 May 2020 01:56:02 +0000

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A patterns photo for the Vintage Photos Theme Park.

A young man nervously looks for an escape route as he's surrounded by the patterned designs of the wallpaper, wicker rocker, and carpet.

This is an unused real photo postcard with a divided back but no stamp box.

For similar photos with distinctive wallpaper, see Girl Cornering on a Tricycle, Harrisburg, Pa. and Girl Standing on a Chair in Front of Patterned Wallpaper.

Woman with Fancy Stove

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 04:30:02 +0000

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Sheltering in place with a fancy stove in a sunlit room during the early twentieth century.

This is an unmailed real photo postcard with an Azo stamp box (four corner triangles pointing up) on the other side, which suggests a date as early as 1904 to 1918.

Aieeeeee!!!

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Wed, 24 Aug 2016 18:43:48 +0000

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A photo for the Vintage Photos Theme Park monthly topic of quirky humor (submit a photo on this topic each week in addition to—or instead of—a photo for the weekly topic).

I was saddened to learn that Barbara "Babs" Bird (aka corduroy cat), a former member of the Vintage Photos Theme Park, passed away on February 9, 2020. I always appreciated her quirky sense of humor. Although all of her comments disappeared when she left Ipernity a couple of years ago, I remember that she said that this was her favorite photo of mine.

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Lots of fun details here--pouts, grins, somber looks, closed eyes, big hats, wall hangings, patterned wallpaper, a mirror.

And then there's that kid in front who's yelling at the top of his lungs and ruining the picture: Aieeeeee!!!

The photo came in a nice paper frame, too:

Aieeeeee!!! (Full Version)

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Wed, 24 Aug 2016 18:43:46 +0000

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For more information, see the cropped version of this photo:

They Laughed When We Sat Down at the Piano

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Wed, 16 Mar 2016 17:30:02 +0000

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A photo for the Vintage Photos Theme Park demonstrating the quality of being vice versa.*

A real photo postcard of a couple amusingly posed on a piano bench with the woman wearing men's clothes and vice versa.

I was able to identify the sheet music on the left side of the piano as "Flower Song (Blumenlied)," Beaux Arts Edition, by Gusatv Lange, ca. 1907. An issue of The Etude, a music magazine, is barely visible on the piano between the woman and man (I couldn't determine the date, but it may be one of the issues from 1907 or 1908 judging by the typeface used for the title and its position at the top of the cover).

The framed print hanging on the wall at upper right appears to be a copy of a lithograph entitled "2 Spirited Horses," one version of which was published by Jos. Hoover & Sons, Philadelphia, in 1908 (it's also similar to a Currier & Ives lithograph "Horses in a Thunderstorm," but the the horses in that print are facing to the right instead of the left).

*The full description of the theme: "Vice versa"--"A lady and a gentleman dressing in clothes of the opposite sex are vice versa." This definition comes from a letter in a 1923 newspaper regarding a fancy dress/costume competition, and as the judge ruled in 1923, “the dress of each is complete without the aid of the other." Your photo can be of an individual or a couple.

A Musical Blow-Out

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Wed, 04 Jan 2017 18:51:15 +0000

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Handwritten note on the back of this real photo postcard: "Austin, Lomah, & Jonas, a musical blow-out."