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Volusia County, Florida, circa 1890. "Bostrom's on the Halifax near Ormond." A tourist boarding house built by the town's first settlers, the Bostrom brothers. 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative by William Henry Jackson. View full size.
All the folks here at the home said that its a plant pot holder
From ormondhistory.org:
John Andrew Bostrom is considered Ormond’s first settler, having homesteaded land with his brother Charles on the east side of the Halifax River in the late 1860s. By 1869, Bostrom observed a steady stream of visitors. To remedy the lack of tourist accommodations in the area, the Bostrom brothers and their two sisters expanded their home to make it into a boarding house. By the1880s, their hospitality had become well-known. Their venture into tourism had become a success.
The man in front of the tree appears to be levitating some object.
[It's a swing. It's a bird feeder. It's a swing AND a bird feeder! Suspended by strings from a rope. - Dave]
Usually, I sse either a forked stick or a pair of bent rods!
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