Children in Vintage Photos

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of cold, freezing, or frozen . Handwritten caption: "Gladys & the Ice Burg, Moffat, Colo." This is a real photo postcard addressed on the other side to Miss Grace Roger, Rich Mountain, Ark., and postmarked Moffat, Colo., March 1, 1911. Message: "Moffat, Colo., March 1, 1911. Hello Girlie,You bet I recd your letter and answered it & am anxious for an answer. Want to hear the rest of that news you have for me. Does this look like spring. This is some of my own work. This is a water tank where the railroad engines get a drink. Say but I would enjoy a sweet breath from those fruit tree blossoms. There isn't such a thing in this desert. We are fine & dandy. Write soon you naughty girl. As ever, M." For a similar photo, see Frozen Water Tower .

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of something interesting or surprising in the background . . At first glance, this is a typical photo of a woman posing for a photo as she sits on a chair. In the background, however, is a girl watching from the window, which seems a little spooky. This is a real photo postcard with a divided back. "R. B. Hunter, LisbellAw" is stamped in ink on the other side, but the card is otherwise unused. Could "LisbellAw" refer to the village of Lisbellaw in Northern Ireland?

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of people on a bridge . A group of twenty-six people -- ten men, nine women, and seven children -- stood on a narrow bridge over a swiftly flowing stream to pose for this photo. For better views of the group, see cropped versions of the left side and right side of the photo. The type of Azo stamp box (with four corner triangles pointing up) printed on the other side of this photo postcard suggests a possible date that may be as early as 1904 to 1918. The postcard is unused, and there's no indication where the stream is located.

A close-up of the left side of a real photo postcard showing men, women, and children standing on a narrow bridge over a stream. See also a cropped version of the right side . For more information, see the full version .

A close-up of the right side of a real photo postcard showing men, women, and children standing on a narrow bridge over a stream. See also a cropped version of the left side . For more information, see the full version .

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of rocking horse . On the other side of this real photo postcard is an Azo stamp box (with four corner triangles pointing up) that indicates that the photo may date to sometime between 1904 and 1918. The back of the card also gives its origin: "Strunk's Studio, 750 Penn St., Reading, Pa." At first glance the boy in the photo appears to be posing with a rocking horse, but a closer examination reveals that the horse's legs are attached to a wooden platform. It may be the same toy horse mounted on wheels that appears in other Strunk photos. See, for instance, a cabinet card with Roy Peiffer on Strunk's Studio Horse, Reading, Pennsylvania .

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of amusement parks . Signs: "Kevin the Konjuror, Storyland Magician. World Renowned Kevin the Konjuror Performing Every Hour on the Hour Free." This is an undated photo of "Kevin the Konjuror" taken during a performance at one of the Storyland amusement parks. I'm not sure which Storyland this was, however, since there was a Storyland in Pennsylvania, a Storyland in Ontario, and there's still a Story Land in New Hampshire.

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of perfect family portrait (family members trying to look good) . Photographer's name on this nineteenth-century cabinet card photograph: "F. B. Zay, Findlay, O. FBZ." Frederick B. Zay (1842-1910) of Findlay, Ohio, took this photo of an unidentified family. The parents and their nine children are all nicely dressed, and the photographer has arranged them carefully in front of a nondescript backdrop.

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of haunted by Halloween (Trick or treat, give us something good to see! Halloween photos of any kind, including costumes, masks, jack-o'-lanterns, decorations, skeletons, ghosts, haunted houses, monsters, or anything spooky or scary. No limit—post as many Halloween photos as you'd like!) . The kid standing on the right flashed a V sign (or peace sign) here and in another photo where he's dressed in a Fred Flintstone costume . The jack-o'-lanterns also make an appearance in the other photo.

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of our gang (kids gathered in a group portrait) . Four young fellows lounging in the grass as they pose for the camera. This is an unused real photo postcard with a type of Azo stamp box (four corner triangles pointing up) that suggests a date range from 1904 to 1918.

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of books (books appear prominently in the photo) . A little boy smiles up at the camera as he sits on the edge of his parents' bed. One section of the headboard behind him contains a radio, and a bookshelf takes up another section. See an enlargement of the shelf for information about the books.

Some of the titles on the spines of the books in the bedside bookshelf photo are visible in this enlargement. At least fifteen of the twenty-two books are Modern Library imprints (see the list below). I was able to make out the Modern Library's running torchbearer logo on many of the books. For additional information about the imprint, see Bibliography of the Modern Library, 1925-1959 , by Gordon B. Neavill. 1-4 - unidentified 5 - Cervantes (Modern Library) 6 - [Camille?] 7 - The Divine Comedy (Modern Library) 8 - Pickwick Papers (Modern Library) 9 - unidentified (Modern Library) 10 - Dracula (Modern Library) 11- Nana (Modern Library) 12- De Maupassant (Modern Library) 13 - unidentified (Modern Library) 14 - Dead Souls (Modern Library) 15 - unidentified 16 - The Possessed (Modern Library but no logo on spine) 17 - unidentified (Modern Library) 18 - unidentified 19 - Nine Plays by Eugene O'Neill (Modern Library) 20 - Anna Karenina (Modern Library) 21 - The Complete Poems of Keats and Shelley (Modern Library) 22 - The Philosophy of Nietzsche (Modern Library)

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of children at play . Three kids pause their puzzle playing to pose for a picture.

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of the only one smiling in a group . The two sisters on this real photo postcard have serious expressions on their faces, but the baby of the family looks happy and is smiling. The photo postcard is unused, and there's no message or stamp box on the other side.

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of an accident waiting to happen . In this photo, four members of a family are posing in front of a fenced-in area for the chickens. It's a little disconcerting to see that the gun that the boy is holding over his shoulder is pointed directly at the man -- his father? -- standing behind him. The faded quality of the upper portion of the photo makes it difficult to see the faces of the man and two women, giving them an almost ghostly appearance. This is an image from a real photo postcard with no address, message, or stamp on the other side. The Azo stamp box (with two corner triangles pointing up and two pointing down) printed on the verso indicates that the photo may date to as early as 1910 to 1930.

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of tricycles . An undated snapshot of three kids riding their tricycles on a bright sunny day.