Alan Mays' photos with the keyword: March 31

For the message accompanying this picture, see the full version of this real photo postcard.

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of unique or outrageous hats . This is a real photo postcard sent from Jacksonville, Florida, to Newton, New Hampshire, on March 31, 1906. Printed on the other side: "Post Card, Souvenir, Jacksonville. J. A. Hollingsworth, Tourist Photographer, Hogan St., Opp. Park Hotel, Jacksonville, Fla." Message written on the front: "Jacksonville, Fla., March 31. Whatever you do, don't come to Florida. Look at this picture and see how we have 'fallen from the crust.' Am so weak that I can hardly manage my auto . Hope to be better by tomorrow. Will." If Will could afford an automobile like the one he's pretending to drive, then he must not have "fallen from the [upper] crust ," as he jokingly suggests. See a cropped version for a better view of Will and his wife, their hats, and the automobile.

The full photo as mounted on a cardboard backing. For more information, see the cropped version .

I chose photographic tricks and amusements for the free-for-all (post as many photos on as many different themes as you'd like) during the fifth week of Wild Card Month—Pick Your Own Theme! in the Vintage Photos Theme Park. On the left-hand side of this photo, we see a woman taking a bite out of an apple offered to her by a man—shades of Adam and Eve! On the right, we see the same couple, and they've noticed the other version of themselves—the woman is pointing in their direction and the man is looking over at them. According to the typed label attached to the back, this is a photo of "Mr. & Mrs. Emerson Clover, Central Park, Whittier, California, March 31, 1921." I haven't uncovered any information regarding how Emerson J. Clover (1854-1926) and his wife, Alice K. Clover (1864-1947) created this trick photo, but the double exposure is well done. Central Park in Whittier, California, still exists. Part of a circular fountain or other structure in the park is visible beyond the tree. See also the full version of the photo, which is mounted on cardboard.

I spotted this store display of Punxsutawney Phil groundhogs rendered in solid milk chocolate at a Gardners Candies store in State College, Pennsylvania, last year. I'm pleased to report today on Groundhog Day , February 2, 2019, that the esteemed rodent has predicted an early spring this year. Despite CNN's cynicism—see Groundhog predicts an early spring. Don't get too excited, he's usually wrong —I'm optimistic that the long national nightmare of last week's polar vortex is finally over.

"Edward A. Hollis, Hardware. Contractors', upholsterers', builders'. No. 1904 Market Street, Philadelphia, March 31, 1890. Sold to E. W. Lapp. 1 Fleetwood scroll saw 3, 12.90." Rubberstamped: "Paid, Edward A. Hollis, per EAH, 5/2/91." Hammer head: "D. Maydole, cast steel."

A photo of something broken for the Vintage Photos Theme Park. Handwritten note on the back of this real photo postcard: "Powder mill blew up, March 31, 1910." The remains of a powder mill following an explosion of the black powder (gunpowder) that was being manufactured in the building.