Women in Vintage Photos

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 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 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.

This is a divided-back real photo postcard with a Solio stamp box, which indicates that the card may date to between 1907 and the 1920s. Someone wrote "Uncle Caleb" on the other side of this card but there's no other identifying information. The photographer combined four separate pictures on this photo postcard. Each of the four individual photos shows people -- a woman holding a young child, three men, a woman sitting on a man's lap, four young children -- posing on the same porch. For an enlargement of the photo of the three men, see Folded Arms and Crossed Legs .

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of very happy people . This is an undated real photo postcard of a group of Americans and Germans happily enjoying themselves at a beer hall table during the May Fair in Kaiserslautern , Germany. Handwritten note on the other side: "This was taken in a Beer Hall at the May Fair in Kaiserslautern. The people across the table are unknown Germans. Col. Faw is between me & some unknown German woman. I'm wearing my green Bavarian hat ." Added in another hand: "3rd from right, Arthur Brown."

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of outdated technology - typewriters, record players, etc . Six women pose for a photo as they sit awkwardly on office shelves. An L. C. Smith typewriter is visible on the desk in front of them. This is an undated snapshot with no other information about the women or the location of their office.

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of flowers or trees . Vina is posing next to six containers of flowering plants arranged on the railing of her porch. The message she wrote along the left-hand side says, "Will write soon. Love to all. Vina." This is a real photo postcard addressed on the other side to Miss Libbie Betallach, Walkerville, Montana. The card has an undivided back, which suggests a date before 1907. It bears a stamp, but there's no postmark. See also a cropped version of the photo for a better view of Vina and her flowers.

Vina stands next to the flowering plants on the railing of her porch. For more information, see the full version of this real photo postcard.

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of beach party . Sign: “Novelty Stand. Buckets. Shovels.” Five young women and six young men in beach garb pose for a photo near a “Novelty Stand” that sells bucket and shovels. One of the guys is holding a basket, so perhaps they're on their way to a picnic or party. The other side of the photo is blank, and there's no indication where or when the photo was taken.

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of people seemingly unhappy being photographed . I found this photo yesterday at an antiques barn in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. As I was paying for it, the person at the counter commented on the woman in the photo, saying that "it doesn't look like she wants her picture taken." I knew that I had my photo for this week's theme!

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of looking at pictures (photos of people looking at photos) . Written on the back: "Joracy & Sally Looking at Pictures, May 30, 1969." Printed on the back: "Kodacolor Print Made by Kodak, June 69R." Two women are seated in figure-8 chairs at their dining room table as they look at photos. They've pushed back their dinner dishes and part of the table covering to make space for the photos. Behind them is a display cabinet filled with dolls, including two dressed in Amish garb in the upper right-hand section.

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of nurses or nuns . Handwritten note in black ink on the other side of this photo: "This is Merritt on the end sitting down. He is pretty but he's better looking than Leo was." Later note in blue ink on the verso: "Babe Closner's husband." Nine nurses and five soldiers pose for a group photo on a sunny day. I like all the different expressions on their faces, some beaming with wide smiles and others with squinty eyes as they endure the bright sunlight. I'm not sure where or when the photo was taken. Perhaps the uniforms that the nurses and soldiers are wearing would provide some clues. See also the full version of the photo.

Nurses and soldiers pose for a photo on a sunny day. For more information, see the cropped version of the photo.

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of crowds, throngs, or hordes (a big bunch of people) . Top: “LHS, 1929.” Bottom right: "Ulrich Studio, 1929." Right edge: “Congratulations.” This is a composite photo that consists of about 200 individual portraits of students from the class of 1929 at Lebanon High School, Lebanon, Pennsylvania. The class size seems large for the time, but presumably these are all seniors. The high school building appears at top left and teachers are at top right. For better views of the students, see cropped versions of the left-hand side and the right-hand side of the photo. This is a divided-back real photo postcard with an Azo stamp box design (squares in all four corners) on the other side. This type of stamp box typically indicates that a photo may date to sometime between 1924 and 1949, which is consistent with the 1929 date of this photo. This postcard is unused, and there's no message, address, or postmark on the verso. For another composite photo of high school students, see Heads of the Class of 1915, New Castle High School, New Castle, Pa.

See also a cropped version of the right-hand side and the full version of this photo.

See also a cropped version of the left-hand side and the full version of this photo.

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of guess what's going on (you know but viewers have to guess) . Photographer Charles H. Venus (1872-1959), of New Berlin, Union County, Pennsylvania, took this picture of twelve men and eight women at a get-together. The photo likely dates to the early twentieth century, and many of the participants are pretending to eat something that they're holding up to their mouths. I think I know what it is. Can you guess what they're eating? For clues, see cropped versions of the left-hand side and the right-hand side of the photo and the handwritten message that's on the back of the photo .

See also the full photo , a cropped version of the right-hand side , and the handwritten message on the back of the photo .