This is an interesting photo of a person participating in a blanket toss, dated 1898. The photo shows a couple of buildings, a crowd of people, and a man in mid-air, holding on to his hat. A couple of people on the right side of the photo may be wearing military uniforms.
It is an albumen print with a cardboard mounting, and it is a bid faded. One thing that interests me is that it's 1898, and the photographer has managed to stop motion - the man in the air is obviously moving, and the shutter speed was apparently fast enough to capture it without any kind of blur.
The following information is written on back: "Some of the sporting camp life. Tossing in the blanket. Taken by Corporal Harmon. May 10, 1898." It was signed by H. B. Roderick. The corporal's name is hard to read - It could be Harman, or maybe even Herman.
Update: Sold!
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