For this week’s Sepia Saturday post I really tried to figure out where this photo might have been taken, but I really can’t quite make out what the sign behind these four fellows says. We have two sailors and two Army men. They look to be at a celebration of some kind, what with the …
This week’s Sepia Saturday was another challenge for me due to my dearth of 20th century photos, so I searched my files and came up with something somewhat on theme. The prompt was of a group of WW1 soldiers cooking in the rubble of a bombed out town. Wow, that is tough to meet. …
Here we have four soldiers surrounding a woman, posed on the front stoop of some type of official looking building. I can’t quite tell what type of hat the lady has on, so I’m going with a wedding hat. The officer in front of her is her newly minted Mister, and the boys are his …
This little snapshot is of a handsome Army man and a lady in a nice suit. I can’t be sure of her age, so she could be his mother or his wife. The way she is holding his arm, I’m leaning toward mother. The photographer managed to capture the side of the house and the …
Here we have a fine looking Naval officer standing in front of the doors to a building. I don’t know anything about WW2 era ranks, so please chip in if you know! You can just see the shadow of the person taking the photo in the lower edge of the frame.
Who Were They? 