Smiles

Handwritten on the back of this photo: "Atlantic City, N.J."

A "Guild Color Processing" slide.

"Merry Christmas. Miles, Geal, and Rosalie Hudson."

A snow photo for the Vintage Photos Theme Park . If the woman has just fallen down in the snow, why is she smiling? What happened to her coat? And why is the girl in the background smiling and just standing there on her skis? An amusingly contrived photo that makes me wonder why it was taken.

I'm not sure what to make of this scene. A man and woman are posing with three sculptural pieces in the shapes of a boy, a woman, and a man. The sign above the boy says, "Hey, mom, is that guy Rip Van Winkle?" The mom replies, according to the second sign, "Yeah, and look at his wrinkled wink." Unfortunately, the third sign is only partially visibile, and I can't determine what it says. The guy with the wrinkled wink who turned out to be Rip Van Winkle is reading a book entitled Love Stories , and the cover of the book also says, "For the love of Mike." Inscribed on part of the stump just below Rip is the name "Ben Funk." Does any of this ring a bell with anyone?

This "Paul Winchell" trading card is no. 18 in a series of 36 "Television & Radio Stars of N.B.C." cards published in 1952 The description on the back of the card identifies ventriloquist Paul Winchell as the star of the Paul Winchell-Jerry Mahoney Show on NBC-TV (the show ran from 1950 to 1954) . Winchell's puppet (also called a ventriloquist's dummy or ventriloquial figure) was named Jerry Mahoney, and the back of the trading card explains, "Jerry, the sassier half of Winchell, is one of the most valuable puppets in the world. He is insured for $10,000. Winchell lives in New York with his wife and small daughter, who accepts Jerry as a living member of the family." Paul Winchell died in 2005, but his puppets--Jerry Mahoney and another one named Knucklehead Smiff--live on in the collections of the Smithsonian Institution.

Just discovered red-eye's Photo Booth group!

See also Photobooth Girl in Forty Poses (Nos. 21-40) and the complete set of Photobooth Girl in Forty Poses .

See also Photobooth Girl in Forty Poses (Nos. 1-20) and the complete set of Photobooth Girl in Forty Poses .

For larger versions of the photos, see Photobooth Girl in Forty Poses (Nos. 1-20) and Photobooth Girl in Forty Poses (Nos. 21-40) . For another anonymous fan of photobooth photos, see the following article in the Huffington Post: Exhibition Features 445 Vintage Photobooth Portraits From A Single Unknown Man .

An indoor seasonal photo for the Vintage Photos Theme Park ( seasonal - indoors or out - if you have both, feel free to post 2 photos ). Printed on the back of this photo: "This is a Kodachrome Print made only by Kodak. Week of Feb. 24 '58."

A brightly colored celluloid medallion with a photo of a cute kid on a Taylor-Tot stroller for the Taylor-Tot Stroller Vintage Memories group. For additional examples, see the George Eastman House's fascinating and extensive collection of Celluloid Medallions & Buttons on Flickr.

"You'll like our prompt cleaning. Phone us for convenient, careful service. Keemer Cleaner, Lincoln Highway East, phone 4-3721."

A good motto for times like these. 8-)

"This beats walking. Monongahela Incline, Pittsburgh, Pa."

A selection for the Vintage Photos Theme Park of a photo that pulls at your heartstrings—poignant . A touching portrait of a man and woman with their little dog perched on a chair.

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of smiling faces of yesteryear (photos of smiling people, based on the Flickr group of the same name) . "Memento of the world-famous Bavarian evenings at the Café Bauer, Garmisch." Stamped on the back of this real photo postcard: "Foto Franz, 81 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Kainzenbadstr. 26, Tel. 3202. Erinnerung an die weltbekannten Bayerischen Abende im Café Bauer, Garmisch."