Patrons Day May Pole Dance Real Photo Post Card, 1915 tin with horse and attached to the rear

and attached to the rear of the boat by wire

Rabbit alone measures 12 5/8" tall

the recipes and proportions for everything from a Mint Julep to a Manhattan

but happily very little loss to their faces

These sorts of nut carvings

Patrons Day May Pole Dance Real Photo Post Card, 1915 tin with horse and attached to the rearI vaguely remember one attempt at a Maypole in my early school days (in the 1970s) but I think it bore very very little resemblance to the completely charming one captured here! I think the details in this photograph from 1915 are just wonderful from the darling dresses, shorts, shoes and hair bows of the participating children, to the be hatted spectators to the right and one assumes teachers to the left keeping a close eye on things, and then more