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Snapshot Photo c1920s Young Women Human Pyramid Middy Blouses Bobbed Hair

About this piece

Original sepia-toned snapshot photograph of six smiling young women forming a human pyramid on a grassy hillside, three kneeling on hands and knees with three more on their backs. They wear middy-style blouses, several with neckties, and most have bobbed hair, suggesting about the 1920s. A wooden stair rail is visible at upper right. The print measures about 4.5 x 2.8 inches with a narrow white border. Condition: light-struck and faded toward the top right, with light handling wear.

The scene appears to be from a girls' camp, school or college outing, possibly a gym or athletics group posing for fun. The human pyramid, middy uniforms and flapper-era haircuts make it a charming piece for collectors of women's athletics, summer camp and school-life vernacular photography.

A single original print, not a reproduction.