Photo Hunters: Advertisement
June 5, 2009 by Mrs. Mecomber
Filed under Photo Hunters
This is a HARD Photo Hunters this week!!!! I didn’t check the theme topic earlier this week, so when I saw it tonight, my heart sank. Oh well, part of the fun is the challenge, isn’t it? Let’s hope I do OK with it.
The first thing I thought of was an old advertisement for the Cardiff Giant. I know it’s not “my” photo. But it is so cool! I wrote about the Cardiff Giant here. It’s an amaziing story of one of the greatest and shortest-lived hoaxes in American history. A con artist planted an enormous carved gypsum figure into a field, dug it up feigning surprise, called it an ancient man that has once roamed Upstate New York, and charged people admission to see it. Just about everyone was hoodwinked, and the con artist got off SO EASILY.
OK, so here’s a photo I really did take. It’s at the Erie Canal Town Museum in Canastota, NY. See the pink advertisement in the back? This photo isn’t TOO lame, is it?
Does this count as an advertisement?
It’s the smallest church in the world, and we SAW it. Wooo!
Yeah, I know– I’m grasping for straws. So how did YOUR Photo Hunters go today? Leave your link in the comments!
Tab on Sat, 6th Jun 2009 10:02 am
Very creative!
http://www.wright-ones.blogspot.com
Gabriel on Sat, 6th Jun 2009 10:48 am
That was excellent!!! I especially liked the ‘smallest church in the world’ thing. I would totally take my wife there and get married again.
My post today: http://lfwaterloo.blogspot.com/2009/06/photohunt-38-advertisement.html
Have a great weekend!
srp on Sat, 6th Jun 2009 12:49 pm
I almost put in the sign welcoming you to Brooklyn… yes, it is an advertisement.. advertising the town! I should have thought of the old bulletin board in Colonial Williamsburg where they advertised by simply putting hand written plain papers up with a small nail.. Things they needed, jobs offered, merchandise available… Great job! My hunt is up here.
Willa on Sat, 6th Jun 2009 5:31 pm
…and i thought this is by far the easiest theme.
Nice one there!
My Photohunt Ads here.
Kelly on Sat, 6th Jun 2009 6:02 pm
I don’t think they are lame! You always show interesting place that your family has visited! I like to see what I’m missing in the world!
I played too!
PowersTwinB on Sat, 6th Jun 2009 6:44 pm
I laughed when I saw the World’s Smallest Church! and you actually saw it? Would be a great place to have a wedding and have the minister stand outside and marry you, that’s even if your dress would fit in there with you and your groom! What a great ad! My hunt is up, please come and visit
Cindy O (Upcountrysmiles) on Sun, 7th Jun 2009 12:16 am
Aloha Ms. Mecomber,
You did well for this week’s PH theme.
Feel free to stop by http://upcountrysmiles.com!!
Mahalo,
Cindy O
Arlene on Sun, 7th Jun 2009 1:41 am
smallest church? wowww coool!
mine is now up. hope you can drop by.
mariposa on Sun, 7th Jun 2009 8:57 am
Awesome! I love the second photo.
Mariposa’s PhotoHunt
Mrs. Mecomber on Tue, 9th Jun 2009 8:12 am
Yep, we actually saw the Smallest Church in the World!
Thanks for your visits and your links. I hope to get to seeing your Photo Hunters photos when I go blog-hopping later this week!