It certainly is NOT cold enough for dog sleds here where I live – although it is “chilly” by our thin skinned standards, a cool 70 degrees, ha ha. This photo was captioned “Dog team, Ft. Wainwright Alaska, Jan 1962, 69 below.” Wow. That’s cold.
It certainly is NOT cold enough for dog sleds here where I live – although it is “chilly” by our thin skinned standards, a cool 70 degrees, ha ha. This photo was captioned “Dog team, Ft. Wainwright Alaska, Jan 1962, 69 below.” Wow. That’s cold.
This snapshot is not identified and the wording on the flags and caps is obscured, although one hat says Massachusetts I believe. It makes me think of a military graduation or some other type of ceremony. UPDATE: Consensus from the comments is that this photo is from an American Legion event. Thanks everyone!
This week’s Sepia Saturday prompt shows the great Sophie Tucker, comedienne, singer, vaudevillian and enthusiast of life during the second decade of the 20th century. You can click through here to a YouTube video which is really a slideshow of images of Ms Tucker over her theme song “Some of These Days.” While I do …
I like how impressive this young man looks in his cap and overcoat, shined shoes under it all, gloves on his hands and scarf tucked inside his coat. I also like how the shadows fall across the field from left to right yet leave his face in sunlight. I hope his service was touched with …
This little snapshot shows an Army man and a woman. The hairstyle on the woman looks more motherly than wife-like, but since there was no information on the photo I can’t say for sure how these two are related. The back of the photo was stamped “Cunningham Studio, Gainsville, TX, February 24, 1946.”
Who Were They? 