Children Standing on Chairs

Written on the back of this real photo postcard: "Bertha."

A photo for the Vintage Photos Theme Park on the topic of children standing on chairs . Written on the back of this real photo postcard: "Christine Nonemaker Shutt." From what I've been able to determine, little Christine Nonemaker grew up in York County, Pennsylvania, married a William R. Shutt, and thereafter went by the name Christine A. Shutt (1913-1985). Does anyone know why there are so many studio portraits of children standing on chairs? Was there some practical reason for this, or was it just a way for the photographer to show off his stylish furniture? For more photos of kids vertically positioned on seats, see my Children Standing on Chairs album.

Written on the back of this real photo postcard: "Eugene Myers." Printed on the verso: "The Wilson Studio. No. 225-227 W. Market St., York, Pa. No. 420 Market St., Harrisburg, Pa."

Written on the back of this real photo postcard: "Cindy, 2 years old."

Written on the back of this real photo postcard: "Grace Reber."

Written on the back of this real photo postcard: "Erma Herr." Embossed in lower right-hand corner: "Wolf, Lancaster, Pa."

There's no date or identifying information on this real photo postcard of a young girl who's posing for a picture as she stands on a chair in front of distinctively patterned wallpaper.

Written on the back of this real photo postcard: "To Grandma from her grandsons. Henry, 3 years old, and Louis, 16 months old." Embossed in the lower right-hand corner: "Louis A. Blaul, 56 N. 8th St., Phila."

A little girl stands on a rustic bench as she poses in front of a painted backdrop showing the High Rock observation tower located in Pen Mar Park . The photo was taken at the studio located at the Pen Mar amusement park. Compare the painted backdrop version with this postcard view of High Rock.

"Oklahoma City, Apr. 19, 1906. Dear Cousin, Here we are with our best wishes and some Oklahoma apple blossoms. Yours lovingly, Armada Ruth Tinkham and her mamma, Etta Brown Tinkham." Etta Brown Tinkham also sent a second real photo postcard to her cousin on the same date (she must have sent them both in an envelope since there's no address, stamp, or postmark on either of them). See Greetings from the Future Popcorn King, Oklahoma City, Okla., 1906 :

"Oklahoma City, Apr. 19, 1906. Greetings from the future 'Popcorn King,' James Isaac Brown." "Popcorn King"? Huh? Well, after a bit of searching, I finally located a brief newspaper article, "Is Called 'Popcorn King,'" Oklahoma State Capital (Guthrie, Okla.), July 21, 1909, p. 2, that sheds some light on the subject: "Shawnee, Okla., July 20.--Four years ago Isaac A. Brown of Pittsburg, Pa., came to Oklahoma with a view of locating and establish[ing] himself in business. He saw his opportunity in Oklahoma City and embraced it. Brown is known far and wide as the 'popcorn king' of the new state [Oklahoma became the 46th state in 1907]. He manufactures an average of thirty-five pounds of popcorn a day and a near total of six tons a year." As far I've been able to determine, Isaac A. Brown, the Popcorn King named in the article, is the father of James Isaac Brown, the Future Popcorn King who's pictured above. Unfortunately, I haven't found any further evidence regarding the later reign of father or son as Popcorn King. Etta Brown Tinkham, who wrote the message about the Future Popcorn King, was apparently James Isaac Brown's mother or stepmother. She wrote another message on a second real photo postcard on the same date as this one. See Armada and Her Mamma with Oklahoma Apple Blossoms, Oklahoma City, Okla., 1906 (is the Future Popcorn King holding the same kind of apple blossoms, or might he be grasping a handful of popcorn instead?).

Some mixed emotions (people displaying distinctly different reactions in a photo) for the Vintage Photos Theme Park. During her birthday party, a gleeful little girl opens a box containing a Minnie Mouse doll (probably a Gund from the late 1940s). Her mom and dad are eagerly watching their daughter, perhaps a little relieved that she seems to like her present so much. Another little girl--in the background next to the window--is wide-eyed with excitement. One of the boys in the photo is excited about the doll, too, and he appears to be frantically reaching up to grab it away from the birthday girl. The other boy on the left, however, is glumly contemplating the proceedings, as if he's disappointed that he didn't get something that nice. In a second photo (below), the glum boy is looking down at something else while the birthday girl and her girlfriends inspect the new doll. The grabber is almost out of the picture on the extreme right--perhaps the dad pulled him aside after he attempted to snatch the doll away. The third photo (see below) shows the birthday girl smiling proudly as she poses with her new Minnie Mouse doll.

The second of three photos from a birthday party where Minnie Mouse is the center of attention. See the other photos of the birthday girl opening the box containing the doll and posing for a picture with it (below).

The third of three photos featuring Minnie Mouse at a birthday party. Here the birthday girl stands on a chair to pose for a picture with her new doll. The other photos show her opening the box containing the Minnie Mouse doll and setting the doll on the table to take a close look at it (see below).

A Spanish real photo postcard showing a mirror photo of a little girl standing on a chair. It's dated 1919 on the other side. For more like this, see my Mirror Photos album.

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of photos in photos (photos that intentionally or inadvertently capture one or more photos displayed in frames, on walls, or elsewhere) . After searching all week for a photo in a photo that I hadn't already posted, I was pleased when I finally found this one in my collection. It's a cabinet card photograph of a little girl who's holding a photo in her hand as she stands on a chair to pose for a photographer named "Fordtran" who had studio locations in "Kensington, Blue Island, and Riverdale" in the Chicago area (the name and locations are embossed on the border along the bottom of the card). I cropped the photo for a close-up of the girl , and I edited and rotated a portion of the image so you can see the photo that the girl's holding . I uploaded all three files and then added them to various albums. As I was adding them to Cabinet Cards and CDVs , I decided to look through that album. That's when I discovered that I had already posted an earlier scan of this photo almost five years ago under the title, Girl Holding Photograph , along with a rotated version of the photo in her hand . So even though you may have already seen the five-year-old photo, this is a nice fresh version created specifically for the Vintage Photos Theme Park! 8) (For some reason, this silly situation reminds me of my adventures with the Cowson Farm photo.)

A close-up of the girl. See also the full photo .

A detail showing the photo that the girl is holding. For more information, see the full cabinet card photo of the girl .