I guess back in the olden days, when flying was left to birds and very, very fortunate human beings, the concept was a novelty so great that people lined up to have their picture taken while sitting on a wooden structure made to resemble an airplane in flight. This whole concept of having your picture taken in ludicrous scenes that you know can’t be true is puzzling to me. Anyhow, there’s a whole gallery with photos like the one above. The looks on the people’s faces are classic! Some look quite scared, even though it’s obvious they’re only 2 feet off the ground. Others look drunk.
This is kind of like how these days we line up to put old timey clothes on to have sepia-stained photographs taken of us holding shotguns and bottles of XXX whiskey while at Six Flags, only in reverse.
[via grow-a-brain]