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Boy with Strunk's Studio Horse, Reading, Pennsylvania

A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of rocking horse.

On the other side of this real photo postcard is an Azo stamp box (with four corner triangles pointing up) that indicates that the photo may date to sometime between 1904 and 1918. The back of the card also gives its origin: "Strunk's Studio, 750 Penn St., Reading, Pa."

At first glance the boy in the photo appears to be posing with a rocking horse, but a closer examination reveals that the horse's legs are attached to a wooden platform. It may be the same toy horse mounted on wheels that appears in other Strunk photos. See, for instance, a cabinet card with Roy Peiffer on Strunk's Studio Horse, Reading, Pennsylvania.

Roy Peiffer on Strunk's Studio Horse, Reading, Pennsylvania
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2 comments

Deborah Lundbech said:

Amazing photographs - but a little creepy. Could that possibly be a real, stuffed foal?
17 months ago

Alan Mays replied to Deborah Lundbech:

Thanks, Deborah! The horse does look dark and a bit creepy. I don't think that it would be an actual stuffed foal -- that would make it even creepier!
16 months ago