Oh, how nice! The carpenters and other workmen in this real photo postcard are posing with saws, hammers, and other tools to demonstrate how hard they've been working on the renovation of this house!
But wait a second! One guy is lying down on the job!
Originally posted on Ipernity as a photo for the Vintage Photos Theme Park showing how there's one in every crowd (a group of people posing with one silly/goofy person who throws the whole photo off, i.e.: sticking out tongue, bunny ears behind the head, etc.).
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Oh, how nice! The carpenters and other workmen in this detail from a real photo postcard are posing with saws, hammers, and other tools to demonstrate how hard they've been working on the renovation of this house!
But take a look at what that other guy is doing!
For more information, see the full version of this real photo postcard.
Originally posted on Ipernity: Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters! (Detail Left).
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Oh, just great! This guy is lying down on the job!
All of the other carpenters and workmen are posing with saws, hammers, and other tools to demonstrate how hard they've been working on the renovation of this house!
For more information, see the full version of this real photo postcard.
Originally posted on Ipernity: Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters! (Detail Right).
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Text of the sign that the two men at the front are holding: "Suvretta House Été 1919! [Suvretta House summer of 1919!]" See also an enlargement of the sign.
A real photo postcard showing the chef staff of a luxury hotel, the Suvretta House, in St. Moritz, Switzerland, in 1919. The hotel celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2012.
Originally posted on Ipernity: Suvretta House Chefs, St. Moritz, Switzerland, 1919.
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For more information, see the full version of this real photo postcard.
Originally posted on Ipernity: Suvretta House Chefs, St. Moritz, Switzerland, 1919 (Detail).
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