53.16.61

Print, Photographic

1915 Approximate

Watermelon Social Gathering. Material: paper. Size: 2 1/2" x 4 1/4". Description: black and white outdoor photograph of a group of men and boys, many holding or eating watermelons; one woman poses holding a toy truck; all of the young boys seated in front row hold slices of watermelon. Handwritten on back of photograph: "Ruth."

From the Carl Henry Broscoff and Ruth Violet (Wobschall) Broscoff Estate. Watermelon contests have been a social activity for many decades.