This merry scene of mayhem shows twelve young men and a boy staging a fake fight. They're all carefully posed, some with their fists raised and others holding sticks, a rock, and a knife in their hands. Their facial expressions range from convincingly menacing to unenthusiasticly smirking.

The Cyko stamp box on the back of this real photo postcard suggests a date of either 1904-1920s (according to Playle's) or 1906-1915 (according to Metropostcard.com).

See also a cropped version of the photo.

A hands photo for the Vintage Photos Theme Park theme of hands/feet (a photo in which the hands or feet are prominent).

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At first glance, this real photo postcard appears to show a typical summertime scene of vacationers enjoying the beach. A closer examination, however, reveals that the crowd's attention is focused on something that's happening on the left side of the image.

"The rescue" is the dramatic caption that's written across the rolling waves at the top of the photo, and, in fact, on the left-hand side there are some lifeguards who are leading a rescued swimmer away from the water (see a close-up of the lifeguards and swimmer). Many of the bystanders surrounding the group have concerned looks on their faces.

When I first purchased this photo postcard, I didn't notice the lightly written "rescue" caption and couldn't quite make out what was going on. It was only after I scanned, darkened, and enlarged the image that I was able to figure it out. Unfortunately, there's no indication of a date or location.

A summer vacation photo for the Vintage Photos Theme Park.

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Compare this real photo postcard with Men in Bowler Hats.

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"Lovers' Leap and the Narrows, 900 feet above the National Hy., Cumberland, Md. U.S. 40."

This is a real photo postcard showing the silhouette of a lone man at the top of the overlook known as Lover's Leap. Below the rock outcropping is the Cumberland Narrows, a water gap through the mountain. Wills Creek, the National Road (U.S. Route 40), and railroad tracks run through the Narrows.

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of He's (or She's) a Real Nowhere Man (or Woman) - solo individual photographed in open space.

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"On a toot in Chicago, Ill., Jan. 18/08. E. R. Negur. R. S. Hambliton. P. C. Pell."

A real photo postcard addressed on the other side to Miss Ethel Barber, Oberlin, Ohio, 99 S. Prof. St. Postmarked at Chicago, Ill., Jan. 20, 1908, and at Oberlin, Ohio, on the same date.

Handwritten message: "Sun., 1/18/08. The auto on the other side is busted now, or I would take you riding. I left Roy take it & he broke it. The streets are crowded with extra news boys all about war with Japan. Heard Burr McIntosh lecture tonight, and he claims war will come soon. Heard [Gum Savlans?] this a.m."

A photo of three women, three men, or three children for the Vintage Photos Theme Park.

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