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Pole Sitting Tragedy ? Did one fall! Real Photo Postcard Mystery
Pole sitting as a means of demonstration, and during the Great Depression a way to raise money...but does this RPPC depict a tragedy? It looks like someone is being carted away on a stretcher. The two sitters on top watch the action with seemingly sloped shoulders of despair. Any thought?
RPPC Pole sitters Real Photo Postcard turn of the century. Collection Jim Linderman
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