the windmill in the background is Moulin de la Galette, in Montmartre France, the street is rue Lepic.
why the old man is carrying a scythe is a mystery, but he's riding on a velocipede
All from https://www.facebook.com/pages/Good-old-days/598187423627161
Scythe might be a reference to the old image of the old year leaving and the new year entering as seen on this 1911 Post cover by the awesome J.C. Leyendecker https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4017/4232240603_54564d07a6.jpg
ReplyDeleteI was thinking the same thing... that perhaps it was a photo used with a calendar. Thanks!
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