Alan Mays' photos with the keyword: jumping

Apples for Bobbing

28 Oct 2015 6 1 1765
Message on the back of this postcard: "Wish you a Merry Halloween from Isabelle." Addressed to: Howard Knicley, Brookville, Pa., R.F.D. No. 2. Postmarked: Punxsutawney, Pa., Oct. 27, 1909. Printed on the back: "Raphael Tuck & Sons' 'Hallowe'en' Post Cards, Series No. 160." In the scene on the front of this Raphael Tuck & Sons postcard, anthropomorphic apples jump into a wooden wash tub filled with water to initiate bobbing for apples on Halloween. Here are some other colorful Tuck Halloween postcards:

Christmas Greetings

09 Dec 2014 2 818
I hope that plane has air brakes! Christmas Greetings Let's light the Yule-log old Santa to greet When he slides down the chimney white with snow It lies there crackling and glowing with heat, And my wishes for you warmly glow.

Who the Devil Are You?

06 Apr 2016 3 2 2059
"I am (Devil Cards), who the devil are you?" A selection of devilish acquaintance and calling cards from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries (see above and below).

Easter Greeting

03 Apr 2015 3 590
"Compliments of Partridge & Richardson, Bee Hive Stores, 17, 19 and 21 N. 8th Street, Philadelphia, Penna." A Victorian-era advertising trade card.

Saint Patrick's Day, March 17th, Good Luck

17 Mar 2014 1 1009
"Mar. 17th. Good Luck."

Packard Car Cats (Full Version)

14 Apr 2017 1 1 444
See also a cropped version of this real photo postcard.

Packard Car Cats

14 Apr 2017 4 2 591
Cats for the ABC Group (4/14/2017). See also the full version of this real photo postcard.

Dr. Hand's Remedies for Children

28 May 2013 5 1844
Dr. Hand's Remedies for Children Mothers, use Dr. Hand's Colic Cure in place of stupefying syrups, paregoric, and cordials. Immediate relief for wind colic or crying babies. Not injurious. Pleasant physic, teething lotion, diarrhoea mixture, cough and croup medicine. Colic cure, worm elixir, general tonic, chafing.