August 1938
My great-great-grandmother wrote on the back of this picture. According to her they are in West Branch, Michigan. And the people are: Agda, Henry, Dara, Ed, Dad (my great-great-grandfather), Arvid, Uno (?), Melvin (?), Henry Jr. The questions marks are hers.
This is an interesting one to me. First of all, Agda. She’s the one sitting in the guy’s lap NOT looking at the camera. Based on what I know speculate about Agda, this is SO her! (You might want to catch up on all the Agda pics. They are…interesting.) If you look closely you can see how the focus is really crisp and clear on my great-great-grandfather and then blurry around the edges. I also like the little boy’s faces…no matter the time-period, boys will be boys! And the house is just full to me–the dark wood, the numbers on the top and what’s that on the right—flowerpots? Very interesting picture.
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Usually I post my Wordless Wednesday in the wee hours of the morning. This morning my dumb stupid ridiculous irritating and yes, lame scanner/printer/fax/copier refused to scan my picture. So, here it is at the 3 in the afternoon where I’m just having time to curse cajole it properly.
written on back:
Aba… 1921 (can’t read the whole name, it’s covered in black paper)
(1 more name covered)
Agda (our fave) 19 years
Hazel (my great-grandmother) 10 years
Mildred (her sister) 5 years
Rueben (her brother) 16
Edward (age covered)
Then on the end it says “No. Branch Rt. 3 Dry 22“. At least that’s how I read it. I’m not sure who wrote the words on the back. It was written in pencil and then someone went over some of it with a pen. I’m just totally intrigued by this. This picture is 80 years old!
This is obviously a brother/sister shot, I’m assuming the oldest guy is Carl, my great-grandmother’s brother. But the woman (Aba….) is not a name I recognize and she looks so old. Maybe she’s Carl’s girlfriend? *shudder*
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Yup. I found another Agda picture. 1926.
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