Boys in Whites in Formation, Antique British RPPC ken goldstrom School dance

School dance

2 3/4" x 1 3/4" and in good vintage condition

featuring the raised image of one big star at center encircled with light rays on and through which cloth is draped

was just too charming to pass by

another lovely stereoview

Boys in Whites in Formation, Antique British RPPC ken goldstrom School danceQuite a formation! I especially love the sort of X created at the bottom by one boy in a back bend and the other with body suspended in an arch from the beams above him. Seemed quite celebratory when I found it, a expression of the power and creativity of a collective to form something larger, but now, looking at the coach or instructor standing there at center behind them, it feels a bit Triumph of the Will esque, and so, perhaps even more resonant,