Alan Mays' photos with the keyword: Art Moderne

A photo in colour for the Vintage Photos Theme Park. A boy and his toys--a pedal car and teddy bear--in a hand-colored Christmas photo, circa 1930s, from the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, area. Also worth noting: the small wicker chair that teddy's sitting on, the decorations on the Christmas tree, and the nativity scene below the tree. This is the same little fellow driving this same car out in the yard in the Sonny, Bunny, and Dummy photo:

A boy and his toys--a pedal car, tricycle, wheelbarrow, stuffed bunny, and ventriloquist's dummy. Circa 1930s, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, area.

Handwritten note on the back of the photo: "Summer 1938. My first straw hat, [which] Barley bought for me to go to ball games."

"Oscar L. Bussell, special representative, 23 E. Broadway, Eugene, Oregon, Telephone: Bus. 942, Res. 3274. California-Western States Life Insurance Company, home office, Sacramento. Safe. 1940. Inches."

Handwritten on the back of the photo: "Tege [or Lege?], taken Jan. 1938."

This Valentine Express looks the Union Pacific Railroad's M-10000 , which Wikipedia describes as "the first internal combustion engine, lightweight streamlined express passenger train in the United States." The M-10000 streamliner debuted in 1934. For another valentine from the same series, see Calling You My Valentine :

"P[olice] D[epartment]. Calling you my valentine." For another valentine from the same series, see Valentine Express :