1.15.2007

STRANGERS IN OLD PHOTOGRAPHS

Who are these people in these old photos?


The squares look like poster stills from some old WWII movie.

They are black and white, somewhat out of focus, yet, these people do seem to be enjoying the moment.

It is obvious they enjoy the moment of togetherness that is frozen in time before me on such brittle and fragile paper.

These long-ago relatives gathered at a wedding here, a baptism there, a picnic there.


They hammed it up with a smile, or stood prim and proper in a nearly formal pose for all posterity.
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