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Woman and Man at the High Water Mark Monument, Gettysburg, Pa.

Woman and Man at the High Water Mark Monument, Gettysburg, Pa.
A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of "what’s that on his shoe?" or other unexpected details.

In this snapshot, a woman sits for a souvenir photo in front of the giant book that's part of the High Water Mark of the Rebellion Monument on the Gettysburg Battlefield in Pennsylvania.

When I purchased this photo, I noticed that there's a man on the right who's oddly standing behind the woman and near the back of the monument. I didn't think anything of it until I got home and scanned the photo. When I took a look at an enlarged version (mouse over the image above to see it), I made the unexpected discovery that the fellow was irreverently thumbing his nose as the photographer snapped the picture. Photobombing, of course, is nothing new!

See below for monument photos from 1906 and 1912 as well as a recent view.

High Water Mark Monument, Gettysburg, Pa., December 2, 1906 Bicyclists at the High Water Mark Monument, Gettysburg, Pa., 1912 High Water Mark Monument, Gettysburg, Pa., August 8, 2013

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 RicksPics
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I think I'd put his behavior under the category of "Negative attention is better than no attention at all." Painfully reminiscent. The added photos are terrific. I don't remember seeing this monument and enjoyed reading more about it.
9 years ago.

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