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Posted: 10 Jul 2023


Taken: 09 Jul 2023

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Barn and Snakeskin

Barn and Snakeskin
A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of a barn, farmhouse, or any variety of agricultural building.

This is a real photo postcard of a bank barn with a gambrel roof and roof-ridge ventilators. Next to the barn is a sturdy stone silo.

There's no name, address, postmark, or stamp box on the other side to indicate where or when the photo was taken. There is, however, a handwritten note that says, "Skin of a diamond rattler from Florida."

I had to take a closer look to spot it, but that's apparently the skin of a large eastern diamondback rattlesnake hanging on the gable-end side of the barn.

Barn and Snakeskin (Detail)

John FitzGerald, Deborah Lundbech, Frode have particularly liked this photo


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 Frode
Frode club
Wow, rattelsnake skin! Great postcard.
9 months ago.
Alan Mays club has replied to Frode club
Thanks! Glad you found it interesting.
8 months ago.
 Deborah Lundbech
Deborah Lundbech club
Holy smokes! The barn and the beautiful stone silo already make this RPPC fantastic - but the rattlesnake skin takes the cake!
Fantastic, Alan!!
Was this a Pennsylvania find?
9 months ago.
Alan Mays club has replied to Deborah Lundbech club
Thanks, Deborah. I'm not sure about the location of the barn. I picked up the card locally here in Pennsylvania, but I haven't been able to figure out where the photo was taken. The barn type (with no apparent forebay) isn't as common in south central Pennsylvania, and similar stone silos show up in Wisconsin and perhaps other Midwestern states.
8 months ago.

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