[Man in knickers with open arms to Irish Rosie" descending wooden staircase]" – Vintage Wall Art
![[Man in knickers with open arms to Irish Rosie" descending wooden staircase]", c1907. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/eb/ebf0c65e03d3-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: [Man in knickers with open arms to Irish Rosie" descending wooden staircase]", preserved in this historic photograph. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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[Man in knickers with open arms to Irish Rosie" descending wooden staircase]"
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A man in knickers spreads his arms wide as he descends a wooden staircase toward a woman named in the title as Irish Rosie. It is one of sixteen posed frames copyrighted by DeWitt C. Wheeler and dated around 1907, when staged sequences like this were a popular form of light entertainment. The caption card's details are unverified, though its tracings point to courtship and love, with New York State a tentative location. Taken as a set, the frames turn one romantic gesture into a short visual story.
| Created / published | c1907. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Posed photo - 1 of sequence of 16, copyrighted by DeWitt C. Wheeler. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Courtship & love; New York (State)?; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,112 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-129263 |
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