Daniel Hersh Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 (edited) From eBay Germany. If you can't see the picture below, here's a link: https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/UggAAOSwhilZa3t1/s-l1600.jpg Edited August 23, 2019 by Daniel Hersh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex_holden Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Chap on the far left looks like young Vladimir Putin. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/gallery/not-always-man-steel-vladimir-10909874 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Hm. What is stranger on this postcard than on others? ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Taylor Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Hunting party? Riding to the hounds in the UK looks pretty strange to me. Even the duck hunters here out on the river in full jungle camo strikes me as bizarre. I think that hunters just like to dress up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Hersh Posted August 23, 2019 Author Share Posted August 23, 2019 1 hour ago, Sebastian said: Hm. What is stranger on this postcard than on others? ? The hats - at least they seemed strange to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 59 minutes ago, Daniel Hersh said: The hats - at least they seemed strange to me. Do you mean the flowery ornation? Yes, it’s a bit exuberant. :) I would like to know on what occasion this picture has been taken. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Hersh Posted August 23, 2019 Author Share Posted August 23, 2019 35 minutes ago, Sebastian said: Do you mean the flowery ornation? Yes, it’s a bit exuberant. I would like to know on what occasion this picture has been taken. Yes, that's what I mean. I would like to know the occasion too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wunks Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 7 of the 9 are holding something either in their mouths or in a free hand. What might that be? What is the gent next to the box player holding? Late in the year judging from the shrubbery and the dress code. Badges or medallions at the shoulder. Nattily dressed but not in uniform. Boots/shoes all clean. The hats are all different as if acquired from a thrift shop. Countenance neither dour nor cheery, rather indifferent. All appear of a similar age. Arms over shoulders, quite chummy. A singing group of some sort, like a barber shop quartet I reckon. What say you Sherlock? ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wild Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 7 minutes ago, wunks said: What is the gent next to the box player holding? A Triangle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAc Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 (edited) Apologies, but the closet writer inside of me can't help but construct a story around this picture, which roughly goes like this: This is a graduation theme party. The young men have just finished their education, possibly from a boarding school. Judging from the sense of comraderie and intimacy implied as well as the unhappy looks on their faces, they didn't have an overall good time, having been welded together by a common enemy. They send this picture to their fathers, essentially mocking them and their lifestyle. Their elders apparently were involved in very traditional activities like hunting and marching bands, so the youngsters decorate themselves with those very attributes but make the overall composition (formal attire juxtaposed to overdone outdoor paraphernalia) look silly and ridicolous. Edited August 24, 2019 by RAc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Selby Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 Bavarian beer festival. Maybe Annfest. Most of the men have traditional pipes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wunks Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 Strangely reminiscent of the costumery of the revelers at the Steampunk festival in Bronte's Haworth. Photos currant on the BBC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac ponc Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 Quote The plumage on their hats is fabulous ?, but a little sad to see only one concertina among the nine youngsters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Franch Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 I asked a German friend about this. She replied, "It looks like a special event at a "Musikverein" (musical society) - of which were many; even the smallest town or village has one! " She, too, loved the plumage on the hats. --Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf Molkentin Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 Mike, that's interesting - whereabouts does your friend live? I have spend nearly my entire lifetime in northern Germany, and am not aware of anything like that. Best wishes - ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAc Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 (edited) 8 hours ago, Wolf Molkentin said: Mike, that's interesting - whereabouts does your friend live? I have spend nearly my entire lifetime in northern Germany, and am not aware of anything like that. Best wishes - ? Having grown up in Hamburg myself, Wolf, I can understand your confusion. Now that I live in Southern Germany, the picture is different. Have a look at this: https://www.mv-messstetten.de/weinfest-heinstetten.html This is a performance of a music club of a 10.000 inhabitant town not too far away from where I live. My town (2000 inhabitants) has a musical society as well, and so have a perceived 80% of towns and villages (even still smaller ones than mine) . They are everywhere, and there hardly is any public event in which there is none of those bands performing. It's a rather old and thriving tradition. Fortunately the music is not quite as traditional anymore; these days there is a good share of jazz and pop music in the repertoire of those societies. However they still dress up in uniform most of the time (never seen any of the plumage though). Edited November 22, 2019 by RAc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wes williams Posted November 29, 2019 Share Posted November 29, 2019 Perhaps it's just the North? When I visited Hessen (based in Felsberg, near Kassel) 30+ years ago there was plenty of 'tradition' still alive in the region. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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