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

A Teacher on Her Way to School in Her Own Private Automobile

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 30 Sep 2019 15:22:02 +0000

A double-exposure trick photo of a woman pushing herself on a wheelbarrow. The double exposure did produce an amusing photo, but the photographer had to add white outlining at the bottom to make the wheelbarrow stand out from the dark streak that runs vertically through the center of the photo.

This is a real photo postcard postmarked in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, on October 1, 1908, and addressed to Miss Flossie Minch, Waldo, Wisconsin. The sender of the postcard, who's the woman pushing and riding the wheelbarrow, was a schoolteacher. She identified herself only by her initials—N.B.—on the other side of the card. (It's possible, I suppose, that a schoolteacher might use N.B. as the abbreviation for the Latin phrase nota bene, but my guess is that these are the initials of her name.)

The message that N.B. wrote on the front of the card (to the left of the photo) has been erased, but enough of it remains that I was able to decipher it. Her written caption for the photo was: "On my way to school in my own private automobile. Ha. Ha."

Here's my transcription of N.B.'s message on the other side of the card:

Hello Floss, How are you spending these cold days? I enjoy teaching ever so much. Have 21 pupils.

Regards to Miss Thomas, Miss Patterson, Miss Stratton.

N.B. Sheb., Wis., c/o Mr. J. Kuemmet, R.#4.

Love to all the girls.

For some other double-exposure trick photos with wheelbarrows and wagons, see:

-- A Man Simultaneously Pushing and Riding a Wheelbarrow
-- A Man Pushing Himself on a Wheelbarrow
-- A Woman Pulling Herself on a Wagon
-- Girls Pulling Themselves on a Wagon

Girls Pulling Themselves on a Wagon

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 22:16:48 +0000

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A photo for the Vintage Photos Theme Park that has us seeing double (a photo with 2 things/people that are the same or that look the same).

A real photo postcard that uses a double exposure to show two girls who are inexplicably pulling the same wagon that they're riding in. This trick photo is so well done that I haven't been able to detect the dividing line between the two exposures.

Compare this photo with these others in which the trick is more obvious:

Sonny, Bunny, and Dummy

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 18:48:36 +0000

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A boy and his toys--a pedal car, tricycle, wheelbarrow, stuffed bunny, and ventriloquist's dummy. Circa 1930s, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, area.

Washington Pear and Peach Orchard

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 05 Jun 2014 21:48:34 +0000

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Onions

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 18:42:26 +0000

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"How we do things at Jackson, Pa."

These same onions appear in another tall-tale postcard entitled Onion Harvest (below), which was also published by Wisconsin photographer Alfred Stanley Johnson, Jr.

A Rosy Crowd

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 28 Apr 2014 16:58:12 +0000

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Handwritten on the back of the photo: "Lizzie from Paul Neiman. A Rosy Crowd."

May Your Easter Bring You Joy

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 03 Apr 2015 20:28:02 +0000

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Easter Compliments, Frey & Eckert, Boots and Shoes

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 03 Apr 2015 17:32:42 +0000

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"Easter Compliments. Frey & Eckert, Boots and Shoes, 3 East King Street, Lanc., Pa. Your trade solicited. Boots and shoes made to order. Reparing neatly done."

A Victorian-era advertising trade card.

Easter Greetings

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 03 Apr 2015 20:28:06 +0000

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Easter Greetings

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 22:06:47 +0000

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Hartman Gish, Farmer, Three Years Old, 1907

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 21:49:27 +0000

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"Hartman Gish - 3 yrs. old."

A real photo postcard postmarked Richland, Pa., July 26, 1907.

Addressed to: Miss Charlotte Gable, Schaefferstown, Leb. Co., Pa.

Handwritten message on back: "Thanks for the beads. Hartman likes them so much. He even slept with them. Pardon me for not writing sooner. Don't Hartman look natural. Clara is coming on Sat. Lovingly, Christie."

Seeing Blackpool

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 21:15:34 +0000

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A Man Simultaneously Pushing and Riding a Wheelbarrow

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 20:47:31 +0000

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Double-exposure trickery makes it appear that the same man is both pushing and riding the wheelbarrow in this real photo postcard.

For similar trick photos, see A Man Pushing Himself on a Wheelbarrow and A Woman Pulling Herself on a Wagon.

Three Women and a Wheelbarrow

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 07 Oct 2013 20:53:00 +0000

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A real photo postcard for the Vintage People in Wheelbarrows group.

Two Men and a Wheelbarrow

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 18:09:01 +0000

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A Man Pushing Himself on a Wheelbarrow

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 18:11:04 +0000

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A rather faded trick photo that uses a double exposure to show a man simultaneously pushing and riding a wheelbarrow.

Not to be confused with A Woman Pulling Herself on a Wagon. 8-)

For another similar trick photo, see A Man Simultaneously Pushing and Riding a Wheelbarrow.

Two Women and a Wheelbarrow

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Thu, 23 May 2013 15:32:33 +0000

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A real photo postcard.

A Girl with Her Doll and Cart, Berlin

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:55:11 +0000

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I thought at first that the doll was sitting on some sort of wheelbarrow, but as lisabee73 points out (see comments below) it's more likely that this is actually a dog cart or baby carriage.

Printed on the back of this CDV: "A. Jandorf & Co., Berlin, C. Spittelmarkt 16/17, S.W. Bellealliancestr. 1/2, N.O. Grosse Frankfurterstr. 113. Platten werden zur Nachbestellung aufbewahrt."

Wheelbarrowing among the Rocks

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 17:17:38 +0000

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