Alan Mays' photos with the keyword: dead

A downright macabre postcard for the Weird Vintage Postcards group. -------- I dreamt I was in a trance, my folks thought me dead. They put me in a coffin; they cried and said nice things about me. All night long the old cat, whose kittens I had drowned that morning, sat on my coffin and gloated over my sufferings; she knew I was alive. I was placed in a hearse and in due time arrived at the grave yard. I could hear the mud hit the lid of the coffin and began to choke when I woke up. Gates ajar. He has went? His chair is vacant. -------- Printed on the back: "Bad Dream Series No. 1." Postmarked twice on Oct. 17, 1910: Once at Middletown, Pa., 7 a.m., and a second time at Manchester, Pa., 9 a.m. Addressed to: "Mrs. Katie May. Manchester, York Co., Pa." Handwritten message: "Dear Sister, I wanted to write this [for a] long time but I had no time. We are having two weeks off at the shoe factory. Why didn't you come over? I was at the river. Answer. From Elva, your sis. R.F.D. No. 1."

A proud of their blooming plant photo for the Vintage Photos Theme Park. In 1910, sixty-year-old Sarah Hetyke posed for this photo next to the blooming mock orange tree in her yard and then wrote a poignant message to her three-year-old nephew on the back of it (see below). Handwritten on the back of this real photo postcard: Lewis Stifler Aug. 9, 1910 Dear Lewis, I am 60 and you are 3. You keep this to look at when I am dead and gone, and remember me. And I hope you will grow up to be a good and useful man. Lovingly, Your Aunt Sarah Hetyke Taken in the yard beside the mock orange tree when [it was] in full bloom.

"Teach him to hold the flag holy and high for the sake of its sacred dead." Postmarked Harrisburg, Pa., July 2, 1909.

A real photo postcard showing some funny fellows using a fake cannon in mock combat.

For this photo, see the full cabinet card , a cropped version , and a close-up of the inset photo (above). Photographer: Beals, 23 Douglas Ave., Elgin, Ills.

For this photo, see the full cabinet card , a cropped version (above), and a close-up of the inset photo . Photographer: Beals, 23 Douglas Ave., Elgin, Ills.

For this photo, see the full cabinet card (above), a cropped version , and a close-up of the inset photo . Photographer: Beals, 23 Douglas Ave., Elgin, Ills.