It's Only a Paper Moon

See also the cropped version of this real photo postcard.

A paper moon photo for the theme of photographic tricks and amusements during the free-for-all week of Wild Card Month in the Vintage Photos Theme Park. See also the full version of this real photo postcard.

Printed on the back of this real photo postcard: "Post Card Souvenir from Riverview Exposition, Chicago. Foster & Coultry - Official Photographers." This photo was taken at Chicago's Riverview Park , which was an amusement park that operated from 1904 to 1967 and was known as Riverview Exposition Park for a few years early in the twentieth century (one source says that it was called Riverview Exposition between 1909 and 1913). Both of the men in the photo are holding cigars, and the man on left has some sort of dog figurine or toy attached to his lapel. The man on the right is holding something under his arm but I can't tell what it is.

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

A paper moon photo for the theme of photographic tricks and amusements during the free-for-all week of Wild Card Month in the Vintage Photos Theme Park.

Judging by her blurred appearance, the youngest child was squirming in her seat when the photo was taken, and her brother and sister don't look like they're having a good time either.

A young woman posing with a paper moon. The sign in front of her says, "Hauskaa Joulua Ja Onnea Vuodelle, 1914-1915." Google translation from the Finnish: "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, 1914-1915." This is an unmailed real photo postcard with an Azo stamp box (four corner triangles pointing up) on the other side, which suggests a time frame—1904 to 1918—that matches the holiday season—1914-1915—indicated on the sign in the photo.

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of pensive or dreamy . With his legs crossed and a thumb hooked in his vest, a man seated on a paper moon strikes a pensive mood as he looks off into the distance. See a cropped version of the photo for a close-up of the man. This is an unused real photo postcard with a type of Cyko stamp box on the other side that suggests a possible date range of 1904 to the 1920s.

See also the full version of this real photo postcard.