Handwritten message on the front of this real photo postcard (see writing at right, above): "High Water Mark. 12/2/06. This was all done today. What do you think of that grin? The fellow tried to take the picture without exposing the plate and we were trying to keep from laughing."

The giant book behind the two men is part of the High Water Mark of the Rebellion Monument, which is, as Wikipedia explains, "a Gettysburg Battlefield memorial which identifies the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia units of the infantry attack on the Battle of Gettysburg, third day, with a large bronze tablet, as well as the Union Army of the Potomac's 'respective troops who met or assisted to repulse Longstreet's Assault.' The memorial is named for the line of dead and wounded of Pickett's Charge which marked the deepest penetration into the Union line at The Angle when '4,500 men threw down their arms and came in as prisoners.'"

For later views of the monument, see Bicyclists at the High Water Mark Monument, Gettysburg, Pa., 1912 and High Water Mark Monument, Gettysburg, Pa., August 8, 2013.

Originally posted on Ipernity: High Water Mark Monument, Gettysburg, Pa., December 2, 1906.

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A real photo postcard. Caption: "#5268. High-Water Mark. 1912."

Four young men pose with their bicycles near the High Water Mark of the Rebellion Monument, which is located on the Gettysburg Battlefield in Gettysburg, Pa. The woman in the background is taking a closer look at the monument.

For other views of the monument, see High Water Mark Monument, Gettysburg, Pa., December 2, 1906 and High Water Mark Monument, Gettysburg, Pa., August 8, 2013.

Originally posted on Ipernity: Bicyclists at the High Water Mark Monument, Gettysburg, Pa., 1912.

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In this snapshot, a woman sits for a souvenir photo in front of the giant book that's part of the High Water Mark of the Rebellion Monument on the Gettysburg Battlefield in Pennsylvania.

When I purchased this photo, I noticed that there's a man on the right who's oddly standing behind the woman and near the back of the monument. I didn't think anything of it until I got home and scanned the photo. When I took a look at an enlarged version (see below), I made the unexpected discovery that the fellow was irreverently thumbing his nose as the photographer snapped the picture. Photobombing, of course, is nothing new!

See below for monument photos from 1906 and 1912 as well as a recent view.

Originally posted as an unexpected details photo for the Vintage Photos Theme Park on Ipernity: Woman and Man at the High Water Mark Monument, Gettysburg, Pa.

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Originally posted on Ipernity: Woman and Man at the High Water Mark Monument, Gettysburg, Pa. (Detail).

For more information, see the original photo (below).

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For more information about the monument and earlier postcard views of it, see High Water Mark Monument, Gettysburg, Pa., December 2, 1906 and Bicyclists at the High Water Mark Monument, Gettysburg, Pa., 1912 (below).

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