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The Crying Boy: 1920
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 08/09/2007 - 10:09am.
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"Boy Crying (1920)" is all the caption card has to say about this enigmatic scene. Cheer up, Bub. View full size. National Photo Company Collection.
Back to school
Submitted by Ron on Thu, 08/09/2007 - 11:13pm.
Boy on the first day back to school after summer vacation?
I think he's crying because
Submitted by Anonymous Sara on Thu, 08/09/2007 - 6:50pm.
... someone dumped a bag of powdered sugar on him.
The real reason
Submitted by Frank3 on Thu, 08/09/2007 - 3:46pm.
Those aren't smudges in the picture around his shirt; it's smoke. He's seconds away from spontaneous human combustion.
"How do I get to the Susquehanna Hat Company?"
Nope, He Just Found Out...
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Thu, 08/09/2007 - 1:08pm.
The 1919 World Series was fixed.
He just found out
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Thu, 08/09/2007 - 11:51am.
there would be no jello for dessert either!
Are you sure he's crying?
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Thu, 08/09/2007 - 11:50am.
Are you sure he's crying? Maybe he's laughing really hard and the tears are running down his cheeks because he just watched someone slip on a banana peel or something...
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