23rd September 1929
by Richard Overy
This postcard was bought as part of a collection from ebay , the only message on the reverse reads:
23rd September 1929, Esther Wood
At first I thought it was a wedding photo but now I’m not so sure.
I like the smiling lady whose head we can see but not her body, she is stood at the back of the photo near the centre.
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I like her too! She looks like she would be a fun person to be around. : )
She does like like fun : )
What a great use of a blog
Thanks Phil : )
Not very many of them look happy!
Love all the different hats.
The smilers are few and far between!
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If this is not a marriage group photo, then might it not simply be a family reunion photograph?
It could well be a family reunion, it was the flowers that puzzled me!
The flowers are puzzling, indeed… I might have suggested a baptism or first communion group photo, but there is marked lack of infants and/or young children in the photo…
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