Alan Mays' photos with the keyword: luck

"Viel Glück im neuen Jahre." "Good luck in the New Year" is the message on this early twentieth-century German postcard featuring a snail chauffeur with two mushroom passengers.

"1910. A Happy New Year." A gold and purple New Year's postcard from 1910.

Consider yourself quite lucky, That you're far away in camp: If you were here in State College, Pa., You might get what I gave this stamp! Looks like that stamp is getting a licking , though I suppose she could be giving it a kiss.

"Viel Glück zum neuen Jahre." (Good luck for the New Year.)

"St. Patrick's Day, March 17th. Erin Go Bragh." Printed on the back of this postcard: "St. Patrick Series No. 4." For some more Saint Patrick's Day postcards, see below:

This advertising wheel chart for Gübelin watches and clocks displays the difference in time around the world and includes a "bright Swiss coin" to "bring you luck."

"Let us smoke the 'Patrick Pipe' of peace! March 17. HBG." Printed on back: "L. & E. Serie 2269." A St. Patrick's Day postcard illustrated by H. B. Griggs and published by Leubrie & Elkus, ca. 1910s.

"Unlucky days for getting married. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday."

A good luck postcard with an inset oval photo of a mother and son.

Good luck to you, me, and Ipernity! I figured we could use all the luck we can get as we await word on Ipernity.

"Gen. Wayne Herman. True loves offering."

Straw Hat Day, when it was customary for men to put away their winter felt hats and don their summer straw hats, used to be a widespread tradition in the United States during the month of May. The exact date for this seasonal switch from "felts" to "straws" differed from place to place, with May 13, May 15, May 25, or the second Saturday in May variously cited as the appropriate day to begin wearing straw hats. On some campuses, Straw Hat Day was a student celebration , and in other areas, it was an opportunity for clothiers and hatters to promote their wares . Someone created this card with an unlucky black cat as part of a Straw Hat Day observance, but I'm not sure how it was used. See below for excerpts from newspaper ads and articles that confirm that Straw Hat Day was "unlucky for felts." For more straw hat amusement, see It's Mallory Straw Hat Time! -------- "Unlucky? Are you superstitious? May 13th, unlucky for felts . Straw Hat Day. Get yours at the Co-op. $2.50--$3.00--$3.50--$4.00. Technology Branch, Harvard Co-operative Society...." Advertisement, The Tech (Cambridge: Massachusetts Institute of Technology), May 12, 1924, p. 4. "Official Straw Hat Day. Wednesday, May 13th. Unlucky for felts! Select your straw hat now and be ready for the big day. New straws are now on display. See the windows tonight, then visit your favorite clothier tomorrow for a fitting. Don't be under a felt when Wednesday the Thirteenth dawns." Advertisement for clothiers, Lawrence Daily Journal-World , May 8, 1925, p. 10. "Tomorrow, Thursday the 13th, will be ' unlucky for felts .' Tomorrow has been designated 'Straw Hat Day' and 'hay hats' will be all the rage and felts taboo. Even the black cat shown above [in an accompanying illustration] is reaching for a straw 'skimmer' and promises bad luck to all wearers of felt hats." "13th to Be 'Unlucky for Felts,'" San Jose News , May 12, 1937, p. 7.

"Choice Bohsemeem, the best & purest spices, Weikel & Smith Spice Co., Philadelphia." See below for another Choice Bohsemeem label .

"Choice Bohsemeem, the best & purest spices, Weikel & Smith Spice Co., Philadelphia." See below for another Choice Bohsemeem label .

"Wishing you luck."

Postmarked: "Pittsburg, Pa., March 17, 1911." -------- Here's luck to Dear Old Ireland, the cradle of all true and loyal hearts. May her memory ever stay green in the hearts of all sons of Old Erin.

"Mar. 17th. Good Luck."