Children in Vintage Photos

For more information, see the full version of this real photo postcard.

Kids will be kids—especially when they're adults! A kids will be kids photo for the Vintage Photos Theme Park. By the way, what do you call a playground slide like this? I'd normally refer to it as a "sliding board," but apparently that's a regional term unique to my neck of the woods .

A photo for the Vintage Photos Theme Park monthly topic of birthdays (submit a photo on this topic each week in addition to—or instead of—a photo for the weekly topic) . A tinted photo of a stylish birthday celebration.

A real photo postcard with "Elmer, age 6, Clair, age 7."

"With all good wishes for a joyous Easter. His morning drive." A real photo postcard of a boy with his toy wagon and rooster.

A photo of something beginning with S —a Schultüte or school cone—for the Vintage Photos Theme Park. Photographer's stamp on the back of this real photo postcard. "Adolf E. Weiss, Reichenbach, I.V." Handwritten note on back: "Reichenbach, 9.4. 1934." A photo of a young boy holding a Schultüte (school cone) on his first day of school in Reichenbach im Vogtland , Germany, in 1934. For similar photos, see My First Day of School, April 19, 1922 , Petra's First Day of School, September 4, 1965 , and other photos in my Schultüten (School Cones) album.

A photo of children or adults posing with ponies, horses, or other equines for the Vintage Photos Theme Park. Outfitted in a cowboy hat, bandana, and chaps, a young boy sits atop a horse as he poses for a photo.

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who has the flashiest Easter basket of all? Mom and the kids pose with Easter baskets as the light from dad's flash bounces off the mirror in the background. Location and date unknown.

Do you have ideas for future topics for the Vintage Photos Theme Park ? If so, please add them to the Suggestion Box ! A photo of musicians and musical instruments for the Vintage Photos Theme Park. "Pop Morehead's Family. Alma, Pop and Jean, J.W., Moss, Henry, Mary." Charles M. "Pop" Morehead, Sr. (1891-1973), lived in Littlestown, Pennsylvania, and performed in groups billed as Pop Morehead's Family, Pop Moorehead and His Kentucky Mountaineers, and the Kump Station Ramblers. For other real photo postcards of country music groups from south central Pennsylvania, see Arizona Kid and His Cow Girls, Reading, Pa., 1941 ; The Lone Rangers, Lancaster, Pa. ; and The Oklahoma Travelers, Highspire, Pa.

Notice how the boy is holding up his toy Easter bunny. The woman is holding a pair of sunglasses along with her purse. The full version of the photograph is dated "Apr 1961," and Easter occurred on April 2 that year. For similar Easter photos, see A Girl with Her Bunny and Mom and Boys with Their Bunnies and Moms .

An Easter snapshot dated "Apr 1961." The boy is holding his toy Easter bunny up above his head, and the woman has a pair of sunglasses and a purse (I thought at first that it might be a camera case) in her left hand. What appears to be a garden hose is snaking its way through the lower left-hand corner of the photo. For a better view of the family, see the cropped version of the photograph.

A photo of readers (people reading books or magazines) for the Vintage Photos Theme Park. (Or people reading newspapers? Hopefully my fellow VPTPers will indulge my topic drift from magazines to newspapers.) A real photo postcard of a young girl holding an issue of the North American newspaper (mouse over the image for a close-up view of the paper —I haven't been able to determine a date or decipher any of the headlines, unfortunately). The girl has a smirk on her face and a pair of pince-nez glasses on her nose as she looks down at her newspaper. I'm not sure what might be in the case that's on the floor next to her chair.

A detail showing a close-up of the North American newspaper from a real photo postcard. For more information, see the original photo .

A photo for the Vintage Photos Theme Park topic of distinctive houses . This is an unmailed real photo postcard with an AZO stamp box (four corner triangles pointing up) on the other side, which suggests a date as early as 1904 to 1918. The photo shows a one-story house with a square hip (or pyramid) roof and a central chimney, along with gingerbread trim on the small porches at the front and on the left. A young girl, a collie dog, and a man with suspenders and a straw hat are standing in front of the house. A close-up view reveals that there's a second dog lying in the grass on the right-hand side of the building.

A photo of a girl, a dog, and a man standing in front of a house, location and date unknown. Note that there's a second dog lying in the grass on the right-hand side of the building. For more information, see the full version of this real photo postcard.

A real photo postcard of two women and five children posing for a picture along a dirt road. One of the kids is holding a stick or branch, and the youngest is holding an oversized hat (see an enlargement for a better view of the group). A brick house surrounded by trees is in the background. The AZO stamp box on the other side (four corner triangles pointing up) suggests a date as early as 1904 to 1918.

For more information, see the full version of this real photo postcard.

Label on the Schultüte or school cone that the girl is holding: "Zum ersten Schulgang." ["For the first day of school."] Handwritten note on the other side of this photo: "Petra's erster Schultag, 4. Sept. 1965." ["Petra's first day of school, Sept. 4, 1965."] Photo studio stamp on the other side: "Konsum-Fotolabor, Neuenhagen."