I am mesmerized by this office party photo from the vintage photo blog Shorpy (view the giant hi-res photo there). The participants might at first glance look like a bunch of stiffs in front of the world's most tragic pre-Charlie Brown Christmas tree, but after careful study, I present the ten most outstanding people at this party.
Here we have a comedy duo of two schnockered gentlemen...or possibly ladies? Whatever they are, they are enjoying themselves.
Below, the woman on the left is the troubled black sheep of the group, her mind a million miles away, occupied with very heavy thoughts of literature and poetry that no one bothers to learn about anymore. Girfriend in the center there is the "it girl" of the crowd, the kind of gal fellas crooned songs about while strumming the banjo. Meanwhile, lady on the right is shooting beams of hatred from her eyes into the back of our black sheep's head.
This woman below is the wild fun intern I'd want to hang out with if I went to this party. She even brought props: her bear, her oil can, a little house, she's all set for whatever.
Say, this next fellow is the Robert Redford of the bunch. I didn't realize they made men's faces that handsome back then. Too bad about the hair, but a fedora will cover that right up.
Below left is the Rain Man of the bunch, who would be annoying as a long term office-mate but for the purposes of party tricks, he most likey can recite the sum of the ages of everyone in the room and various obscure statistics at will. Next to him, a dastardly villain!
And finally, this guy:
If only our office party had this lineup. If only anyone had an office party anymore in 2008.
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