# Id this calendar date? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 11, 2012, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-calendar-date/634413 "2012-09-11T17:48:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2013, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-calendar-date/634413/61 "2013-10-24T20:20:40Z")
In hopes that a more detailed version is coming, I’ll register my guess that the calendar pic is actually of an oil field. [XR Oil Price - World Oil Fields](http://www.xroilprice.com/World_Oil_Fields.html) ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2013, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-calendar-date/634413/62 "2013-10-25T01:30:38Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Thanks for the update, and good on **pulykamell** , who nailed it in his very first guess, in post 3. Yay! What do I win? But in the interests of being fair: Although I did hit that date first in my first post, my initial guess really was September 1953, until a bit more discussion, and then I came back to April. Still, I’m impressed we were able to nail that date with some common sense and research. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2013, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-calendar-date/634413/63 "2013-10-26T22:57:28Z")
[Here’s the pic](http://i.imgur.com/d6Cackb.jpg). I don’t know that this is a full resolution upload, so it might not be any more obvious in this. As I mentioned before, it wasn’t clear by any means, but I could make out the shape of the “A” and two large blobs that would be “P” and “R” and then two narrow “smudges” that would be “I” and “L.” ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2013, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-calendar-date/634413/64 "2013-10-26T23:58:12Z")
Thanks! The calendar’s still just a blur to me. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-calendar-date/634413/65 "2013-10-29T05:46:02Z")
> [@TruCailleach](#): > > In hopes that a more detailed version is coming, I’ll register my guess that the calendar pic is actually of an oil field. [XR Oil Price - World Oil Fields](http://www.xroilprice.com/World_Oil_Fields.html) I originally thought it was horses pulling a wagon, but in that scan it now looks more like two dogs. (That is definitely a better quality version than we had to go on before!) ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-calendar-date/634413/66 "2013-10-29T06:04:31Z")
That’s not the calendar you’re looking for. > [@](#): > > **The photo or video you’re looking for is no longer here.** ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-calendar-date/634413/67 "2013-10-29T10:25:10Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > I originally thought it was horses pulling a wagon, but in that scan it now looks more like two dogs. Yep. A pair of hounds, (beagles or somewhat larger breed), facing to the viewer’s left. (Blown up, the tail of the dog on the right can be seen against the backdrop of dark trees.) ---
**Author:** ![Donnerwetter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Donnerwetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donnerwetter)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-calendar-date/634413/68 "2013-10-29T11:28:56Z")
I’m pretty sure the month is April. The first day of the month appears to be a Tuesday. Assuming this picture was taken in the 1950s, this would mean April 1952 or April 1958, the two occasions in that decade on which the first day in April was a Tuesday. If the boy in the foreground was indeed born around 1944, I would go for 1952 since the kid appears to be younger, 8 years old, definitely not 14 years. So my guess would be the picture was taken in April of 1952. ---
**Author:** ![Donnerwetter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Donnerwetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donnerwetter)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-calendar-date/634413/69 "2013-10-29T11:47:29Z")
On reading the whole thread, I realized the puzzle had already been solved. It was fun, anyway. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2013, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-calendar-date/634413/70 "2013-10-29T13:17:20Z")
It was even more fun with the first photo, which was much lower resolution, and much murkier. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-calendar-date/634413.md?page=3)