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Cupid's Round-Up: 1903
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 02/14/2011 - 3:31am.
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"Cupid's Round-up." Illustration by Samuel D. Ehrhart, appearing in the Sept. 9, 1903 issue of Puck. Happy Valentine's Day from Shorpy! View full size.
On the sidelines
Submitted by s.w.a.c. on Tue, 02/15/2011 - 9:29am.
Don't forget to check out the spinster and the "confirmed bachelorette" off to the right. Hilarious!
Something Odd
Submitted by Brent on Mon, 02/14/2011 - 2:52pm.
It appears that the Cupid who roped four couples (lower right) managed to include one same sex couple! Or perhaps the woman in the swimming costume and the lady with the parasol are just collateral damage. Whatever, that group has three men and five women.
Pushy Mother
Submitted by Savannah on Mon, 02/14/2011 - 2:40pm.
I particularly love the mother who's subtly *pushing* her daughter next to the dapper, very successful-looking bachelor. Grandma needs some some grandbabies!
The Ties that Bind
Submitted by Talitha Clementine on Mon, 02/14/2011 - 12:04pm.
So perhaps from this image we might imagine that benign bondage is not so recent a development. I wonder what's going on inside the hotel! Happy VD to you too, Shorpy!
Chemical Love
Submitted by joeyneutrino on Mon, 02/14/2011 - 9:43am.
They're all being rounded up like cattle, and Cupid is the cattle-ist.
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