A few CVRR pictures and some other related pictures....

[webenda]

Wayne,

Have you become a glutton for punishment?

Naw, just got bored with Disneyland and carnival rides for thrills.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Ohforheavenssake! And you still have a prostate?!! (That's a rhetorical question-exclamation.)

[J. S. Bach]

...snip... except that the horse in front in the bottom shot looks a bit dubious about his lovely chapeau ...snip...

I don't know about thee horse, but that woman(?) on the horse..........................

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Maybe she's high, but I don't know what she's celebrating.
But seriously , folks, whathehail is that creature in the boy's wagon!?

[J. S. Bach]

Seeing as how the "horse" picture is two pages back, I decided to bring it forward for easier eference:

Maybe she's high, but I don't know what she's celebrating.
But seriously , folks, whathehail is that creature in the boy's wagon!?

Maybe Rufus can expand those two features for us as he has the original.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Maybe Rufus can expand those two features for us as he has the original.

I'll see what I can do....

In the meantime, everybody sing!

[J. S. Bach]

And no one is smiling. The three guys on the far left, hmmm.

[rogruth]

I noted people not smiling in photos many years ago when I was teaching and think one reason is that for many years those in the photos
were being told to hold it and not move.This was still common in the 1940s.
Another thing was that for the average common person there was not much to smile about. The successful business man didn't want to
look frivolous but wanted to project a look of seriousness that would be respected.
I wonder what will be thought in the next century [assuming we make it there] about the photos with no seriousness, funny faces, strange
poses and just plain weirdness.

[rogruth]

In reference to the Singing School photo, that was serious stuff. Congregations were being taught how to follow music and asing
to increase their understanding and participation in the service. These were usually sponsored and often held in a church.
A small church nearby in southeast Georgia where I was the choir director [also known as the music leader] was still holding
Singing School every other year in the 1980s with over 100 participants every year from several counties.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

We're off to a parade in Palmyra!

[rogruth]

What kind of tracks, strret car, horse car, railroad? I don't see any overhead wire. ??

[Rufus T. Firefly]

What kind of tracks, strret car, horse car, railroad? I don't see any overhead wire. ??

No real good idea, and expect trolley line - Palmyra is right up the road from Hersey and there were lines that ran through there.

There is a faint wire above the tracks going through/below the arches......

[rogruth]

Yes, I saw that but don't see anything holding it up.
Thought it might be a crease or something on the original.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Yes, I saw that but don't see anything holding it up.
Thought it might be a crease or something on the original.

Magic and chocolate......

[MurphOnMillerAve]

And no one is smiling. The three guys on the far left, hmmm.

I theorize that hats were a serious business in those days, so maybe once you had one on, you had to straighten-up, wipe-off the smile, and be proper. Eh?