Alan Mays' photos with the keyword: hanging

A woman fans herself as a man encroaches on her personal space while they are both perched dangerously on top of a giant key in this amusing image from an early twentieth-century postcard. Caption: "You have the key that fits my heart."

"Frescoing! House and sign painting, paper hanging, graining, glazing. Latest styles of wall paper in large variety. All work done as represented. E. A. Weis, agt., 26 N. 6th St., Reading, Pa. Eagle Job Print, Reading."

"A. E. Cobaugh, paper hanging in Falmouth, Pa. Agent for Alfred Peats & Co., prize wall papers. American Lithographic Co., N.Y." Printed on the back of this advertising trade card: "The pattern shown on the front of this card is an exact reproduction of one of Alfred Peats & Co.'s prize wall papers for 1902. There are over 500 papers of this kind in their sample books, which will be shown by their agent. The patterns are most artistic, The colorings are very beautiful. The prices are extremely low, ranging from from 5 cents to 50 cents per roll. If you want for one room or a whole house, be sure and see these samples before making selections."

"Augustus F. Siller, paper hanger, 437 Franklin St., Philadelphia, Pa." A nineteenth-century business card for a Philadelphia wallpaper hanger. For other late nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century business and trade cards for paper hangers, see A. B. Tack, Practical Paper Hanger and Decorator, Harrisburg, Pa. , A. E. Cobaugh, Paper Hanging, Falmouth, Pa., 1902 , and Frescoing! House and Sign Painting, E. A. Weis, Reading, Pa. (see below).