Alan Mays' photos with the keyword: potteries

Baby in a Crock

02 Sep 2015 2 1080
Markings on the front of the crock: "12. Macomb Pottery Co., manufacturers, Macomb, Ill." An infant poses for a picture in a large 12-gallon stoneware crock. This obviously seems similar in concept to the more common baby-in-a-basin photos. For examples, see my own Baby in a Basin, Photographed by Galen Piper, Bainbridge, Pa. , photo (below) and elinor04's Baba a lavórban [Baby in a Washbasin] photo.

Independence Day / Easter Compliments

04 Jul 2014 1 1117
"Independence Day. 101. Easter compliments of T. G. Daub, grocer." One advertising trade card, two holidays! Theodore Gustav Daub, a grocer from Easton, Pennsylvania, printed an Easter greeting on this Independence Day trade card.