1905 Bamforth & Co postcard. Private Collection.
Look out for the jealous peeping Tom in the tree! This postcard is so funny to me, yet kind of creepy at the same time!
Photographer: Robert McCrum for Bamforth N.Y.C. Life Model Series.
July 28, 2015
Oh! What must it be to be there
By C.E. Ryan
This entry was posted on Tuesday, July 28th, 2015 at 10:50 pm and tagged with 1900s, Bamforth N.Y.C., Funny, Robert McCrum and posted in Humorous, Postcards. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
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July 29th, 2015 at 2:28 am
So amusing, I guess the viewer can take the title from any of the three perspectives :-D
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July 29th, 2015 at 2:32 am
I didn’t think of that, but “what must it be to be there” from the woman’s perspective could be a really, really scary realization. LOL!
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