Thursday Photo Caption Contest

"I got to get outta this place If it’s the last thing I ever do."

Choosing this week’s winner was a difficult as balancing a hat on a burro, so we turned to Mary Ryan, who has seen many strange yet historic images from the holdings of the National Archives in her role the managing editor of Prologue magazine.

Congratulations to Kim! Check your e-mail for a code for 15% off in the National Archives eStore.

Our guest judge recognized the setting of this picture from a Prologue article about the Mexican Punitive Expedition, but apparently this beast of burden was not being punished by the Army. The original caption reads “Privates Daly, Ball, and Baldwin, Company A, 16th Infantry, testing out the burro. This burro came to camp one day and ever afterward persisted in hanging around. September 29, 1916. 1922.”

This week’s image features a trio of people, but there are no burros in this one! Just an expression of surprise . . . or shock . . . or arty thoughtfulness. Give us your best caption in the comments below!

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14 thoughts on “Thursday Photo Caption Contest

  1. Darling do tell…before I faint or demand this piece of art as you call it be covered up! Is it true what happens South of the Border!!!

  2. Darling do tell…before I faint or demand this piece of art as you call it be covered up! Is it true what happens here?

  3. Elizabeth didn’t head the warning about the Red Rider Trident until it was almost too late and she nearly poked her eye out!

  4. “But, darling, that’s what I am saying….if Cellini would steal jewels from the Pope, he easily could have lifted the seafood fork when he visited Elizabeth I.”

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