February Caption Contest

All are encouraged to enter captions to a photo in the Archives. The contest winner (as chosen by those sagacious heads at Caption Contest Central) will receive a Fabulous Prize.

Photobombing: noun; the act of appearing behind or in front of someone when their photograph is being taken, usually doing something silly as a joke. Cambridge English Dictionary

Colleagues, we here at Caption Contest Central never wish to cause or inflict pain on anyone. Still, don’t avert your eyes! As historical truth-tellers we must level with you: February’s Caption Contest photo displays the appalling attire worn in the mid-1970s: the double-knit polyester, the Quiana shirt, the leisure suit, the shoulder-wide lapels, and the platform shoes… say no more. Don’t you wish the OPEC oil cartel had turned the screws tighter so that people couldn’t wear so much petroleum?

Try your hand at captioning this painful photo from 1976 and you may win our Fabulous Prize!

 

Color photograph. A man in a blue sports coat, tie and khaki pants stands in front of a table with his arm out, displaying it to the photographer. He is smiling and has a mustache and sideburns. On the table sits a clear fruit bowl, a magazine, and some other papers. It has a blue tablecloth with a white top. Behind the table sit three young women who are smiling. Each person has a round nametag affixed to their clothing. Behind them are nine other people, posing. A sign in the back reads, "IUPUI Food Services"

 

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