Examples of lily pads used as platforms:
- A photo from 1901◊ showing a woman standing on the leaf of a Victoria cruziana at the botanical gardens in Missouri.
- A photo from c. 1900 showing a woman and a man with a child standing on lily pad leaves at Tower Grove Park. The lily pads in this photograph are Victoria regia lilies.
- Another photo from Tower Grove Park, this one from 2003, shows a young girl standing on a lily pad between 3 and 4 ft. in diameter.
- A photo of a woman lounging atop◊ a very large lily pad.
- A photo by Frank Hege (National Geographic) from c. 1892◊ of four children and a pug in a rocking chair perched atop lily pads in Salem, North Carolina.
- A black and white photograph◊ of a small girl sitting on a giant lily pad.
- A photo from the 1960's◊ of a young boy standing on a giant lily pad in front of a geodesic dome in St. Louis, Missouri.
- An unpublished 1935 photograph from National Geographic◊ showing a kitten walking across a giant lily pad leaf in the Philippines.
- From◊ Bailin and Li Yun's Role Swap AU Milestone Celebration