Alan Mays' photos

A handwritten note on the other side of the full version of this photo identifies one of the men as "Eugene E. Gates, Sr.," and tells the viewer to "look for man with beard, dot on shirt, in centre (back) of [the group in the] photo." I've circled Gates here to show where he's standing within the group. The mark that indicates his location is more of a smudge than a dot. For a wider view of the group, see a cropped version of the photo. For more information, see the full version of the photo.

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of someone or something famous or infamous . Fred O. and Bette Gregg were famous in their time for performing a leapfrogging auto stunt and a human cannonball act. This undated snapshot shows their "Human Cannon Ball" truck parked outside a store at an unknown location. Lettering on the vehicle identifies the performers as the "Fearless Greggs," describes the act as "Shooting a Living Person Out of a Cannon," and calls it a "Sensation of the World." For more Fearless Greggs sightings, see: -- Shot from a Cannon F. O. Gregg Daredevil, Stuntman, Astronaut and Fearless , images of Fred O. Gregg flying through the air from the photo collection of Jim Linderman on the Dull Tool Dim Bulb blog. -- Circus daredevils the Fearless Greggs perform leapfrogging auto stunt in Nantasket, Massachusetts, in 1927 , news footage from Getty Images. -- 1929 The Fearless Greggs Launch Themselves in Cars , a video on YouTube. -- "Fearless Gregg" Auto Stunts at 1935 California Pacific Exposition in San Diego , a photo on Flickr that shows the Human Cannonball vehicle in the background.

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of a little dog . Unidentified members of a family, including a boy holding a dog, pose for a picture. This is an unused real photo postcard with a divided back and an Azo stamp box design (four corner triangles pointing up) on the other side, which suggests a date that may be as early as 1907 to 1918.

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of in costume . This is an undated snapshot of a flag-bedecked automobile with a driver who's dressed in a suit and top hat. Next to him in the front seat is Uncle Sam himself. Two other costumed passengers — they must be George and Martha Washington! — are riding in the back seat. Perhaps these are the celebrity guests in a Fourth of July parade. See a cropped version of the photo for a close-up of Uncle Sam and his friends.

A close-up of Uncle Sam with his chauffer and friends George and Martha. For more information, see the full version of this photo.

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of mothers and babies . A mother poses for a photo with a baby in her lap and a young son sitting in the chair next to her. The baby's face is a little blurry since it moved as the photo was taken. Note the elaborate pattern of the wallpaper in the background. This comes from an unused divided-back real photo postcard without a stamp box or postmark, and I don't have any other information about its date or location.

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of back to the camera - one or more subjects have their backs to the camera . This is a photo of a man with a mustache who is smoking a cigarette or cigar and is sitting at a table as he pretends to play cards with four other versions of himself. This type of trick photo, which is sometimes called a multigraph or photo-multigraph , used mirrors to make it look like a set of quintuplets was seated around a table. The actual man is sitting with his back to the camera, and the other images are his reflections in the mirrors. The distinctive table covering visible in this picture -- with a fringe of tassels dangling over the side -- identifies the photo as one that came from the White Way Photo Studio in New York City. This is a real photo postcard with no address, message, postmark, or other identifying details. On the back of the card is an Azo stamp box design (with squares in all four corners) that suggests a time frame that may range from 1924 to 1949.

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of mail carriers, post offices, mailboxes, etc. The handwritten note on the other side of this small photo identifies the location as the "Post office in Bremen, July 5, 1931," but I haven't been able to determine if this is the Bremen Main Post Office Building . See a cropped version of the photo for a better view of the man and woman. Translations: -- Postamt (post office), on the side of the building. -- Pakete (packages), above the doors. -- Öffentlicher Fernsprecher (public telephone), white sign to the right of the entrance. -- Briefe (letters), mail slot below the white sign -- Muster (samples? patterns?), mail slot to the left of the entrance.

A man and a woman pose for a photo on the steps in front of the entrance to the "Post office in Bremen, July 5, 1931." For more info, see the original photo .

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of lollypop, lollypop -- featuring a lollypop, candy cane, or other confection . This is a 1959 snapshot of a dandy young fellow who is dressed in a suit and holding an Easter bunny toy. The table next to him is covered with Easter baskets and a variety of candy confections. There's even more candy on top of the console radio that's on the other side of the table. See also a close-up of the candy .

A table and console radio covered in all sorts of Easter candy. See also the original photo .

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of Easter . The handwritten note on the other side of this photo says, "Boardwalk, Easter Sunday. From window of Rm. 515 Traymore ." In this undated photo taken from a hotel window, we see a parade of rolling chairs and pedestrians celebrating Easter as they travel along the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey. For a better view of the crowd on the Boardwalk, see a cropped version of this photo.

An Easter Sunday crowd of rolling chairs and pedestrians on the Boardwalk in Atlantic City, New Jersey. For more information, see the full version of this photo.

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of that's awesome! Handwritten on the back of this photo: "Stone Henge." Printed on the back: "Print made by Kodak, Oct. 79." A snapshot of the iconic and awe-inspiring Stonehenge monument in Wiltshire, England. For a closer view, see the cropped version of the photo.

The Stonehenge monument in Wiltshire, England. See also the full version of the photo.

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of on the road again . Travelers along the Lincoln Highway in the Appalachian Mountains of southern Pennsylvania stopped at Doc Seylar's Tea Room near McConnellsburg. There they could get a bite to eat and go up on the roof for a view that included the Tuscarora Inn, located just down the road, and the Cove Mountain Tea Room, barely visible farther down the mountain. Once they were ready to get back on the road again, motorists who departed from Seylar's Tea Room faced a descent of 1500 feet. For a better view of the automobiles, see a cropped version of this photo. Captions: Lincoln Hy. from Seyl[a]r's Tea Room. Tuscarora Summit. Cove Mts. McConnellsburg, Pa. Elv. 2123 ft. Lincoln Hy. De[s]cend 1500 ft. Tuscarora Inn Cove Mt. Tea Room. Sign among the cars at lower left: Dangerous Hill

See also the full version of this real photo postcard.

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of socks - striped, Argyll, tights, fishnets, men's/women's garters, etc. "Help Wanted. W-22." A real photo postcard of a woman with a parasol. The woman's dress and stockings are hand tinted with blue stripes, and her hat is yellow. Printed on the other side: "This is a Genuine Photograph, Hand Colored. Made in the United States." Addressed on the verso to Miss Laura Mengel, Hamburg, Pa., and postmarked in Reading, Pa., on October 10, 1917. Handwritten message: "From your girl friend Verna. Ain't she cute on the other side?"