Sepia Saturday challenges bloggers to
share family history through old photographs.
This week’s Sepia Saturday prompt features a
threesome. As if I can’t get enough of blogging about the
Deep Creek locks and the Dismal Swamp Canal, I can’t resist posting one more
picture from my great aunt Helen Killeen Parker’s photo album. It’s a threesome, all right, three of Helen’s
friends who were on the boat ride that I wrote about previously.
They are pictured here waiting to board the canal boat.
Even though those knickers are quite eye-catching and
that plaid skirt positively jaw-dropping, my attention goes to the ground. Litter.
Shame. Shame. Triple Shame.
It would be another 30 years before the Keep America Beautiful
campaign challenged us to “beautify America” by reminding us that “Every litter
bit hurts.”
Please visit Sepia Saturday to see what threesomes others
have to offer.
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2014, Wendy Mathias. All rights reserved.
It looks like they have taken there hats off while waiting as I think I can see hats sitting on the table.... All that litter I hope it's not there's !
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Now see, I didn't even notice the hats!
DeleteI also saw the hats...but didn't see the litter at first. Although some people visiting Niagara Falls still drop their litter wherever they please...so sad.
ReplyDeletePeople can be trifling!
DeleteUnfortunately, many people still haven't learned that lesson. I am waiting for winter, to get in amongst the weeds and rushes across the road to get out someone's garbage of cans and crap.
ReplyDeleteI do love the photo, Wendy. Maybe they picked up all their trash before they went home.
It never occurred to me that they might have done the good deed and picked up their trash. You must be nicer than I am.
DeleteThat is quite a trio, even aside from the litter.
ReplyDeleteYeah, a fun bunch.
DeleteHere we go with this language business -- knickers in THIS country are NOT what they are in England, right? And tsk, tsk on that littering!
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DeleteI still have to look twice every time I see my maiden name in your posts. The boat must have been late - they look a tad unhappy or maybe it's the sun in their eyes. I guess people just accepted litter as part of life in those days.
ReplyDeleteEver since you told me that, I think about YOU whenever MY Helen makes the post.
DeleteThe knickers are probably what we would call knickerbockers here in Australia so it's close.
ReplyDeleteYet another photo with the photographer's shadow evident :)
Yes, the photographer must have been one of the girl's date. Since my great aunt is not in the photo, I'm wondering why she had this picture at all. They didn't have Facebook back then for easy sharing!
DeleteI looked down and saw the litter but the photographers shadow littered the photo too!
ReplyDeleteOh, those clothes, what an era!
I bet those socks were hot.
DeleteI think the photographer should have moved the litter out of the photo. Maybe there wasn't a trash can nearby. I still see people intentionally throwing things on the ground even when there is a trashcan.
ReplyDeleteSpoken like a true photographer!
DeleteThere is something to be said for 'Lookie here I'm taking a snapshot' instead of setting up for a photo shoot. That snapshot reveals soooo much more. You've done a great job of picking up the trash...pun intended...and linking it to the 'Keep America Beautiful' campaigns history. I did not know that! Good job!
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I guess that's the difference between a staged shoot and spontaneous. We get a number of stories.
DeleteMy eye was drawn to the plaid skirt and not the litter I have to say, but like Kat, I like to think they gathered it up and took it home.
ReplyDeleteOh, all you nice people! But honestly, that skirt - wow!
DeleteI'm afraid I was looking for the English knickers so did't see the litter either. Judging by the amount of litter in the UK a ;ot of it seems to be invisible here too.
ReplyDeleteIf I had held the camera I would have picked the trash up.
Ha -- sorry about that. I guess you'll have to keep looking!
DeleteI was drawn in by their facial expressions. Quite intriguing to me --- stuff that stories are made of.
ReplyDeleteThe girl on the left seems ready to just go home.
DeleteWendy, you've highlighted a term that still needs a British/American dictionary. My wife is English and I keep a copy handy for just these occasions. Mainly because after years in the USA she will sometimes forget the appropriate phrase of her majesty's English language. And once in a while I need to translate for myself what she meant. But not knickers. Those are always either in a twist or in the washer.
ReplyDeleteI had a little British boy in a class one time who complained about his "vest" being too hot. Of course, all I saw was a little polo shirt, so I was confused for awhile.
DeleteI think you should give them the benefit of the doubt - they were going to pick it all up before they boarded the boat.
ReplyDeleteWhere did all these Pollyannas come from all of a sudden? Now I look like a cynical clod. ;-)
DeleteYes very true what a shame. But the handsome man in the middle, appears so much like Dapper Dan, quite smashing indeed!
ReplyDeleteI had to go back and check out Dapper Dan. I never paid attention to him to before.
DeleteGive a hoot, don't pollute!
ReplyDeleteThis is a great picture, Wendy.
Hugs,
Kathy M.
Another memorable slogan!
DeleteI don't think anyone has mentioned the interesting shadow. It looks as though there's a big boy behind the camera. Very broad.
ReplyDeleteHe was big, you're right!
DeleteAn interesting reflective post Wendy. Even though the three are together the lady in the plaid skirt takes one's eye because she's not visually linking to the others, not to mention the vibrancy of the skirt.
ReplyDeleteAs to the litter, we could be forgiving and say it's not theirs but....or perhaps they picked it up before they left. A shame the photographer didn't notice it before the image was taken.
At least by ignoring the litter, the photographer has forced us to see how far we've come in our attitudes about littering (even if our behavior hasn't changed all that much).
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ReplyDeleteI noticed the litter on the ground too. See how well trained we've become? And I did notice those cute hats on the table to their right as well. Hmm. What is the girl on the left looking at? She's not looking at the camera like the others. Great photo!
I wondered too what she was looking at. Maybe pondering the mess they made??
DeleteWelcome to Geneabloggers!
ReplyDeleteRegards, Grant
Oh wow, yeah -- 2 years. Thanks for the reminder.
DeleteDropping by to wish you a happy 2nd blog anniversary, Wendy!
ReplyDeleteIt is interesting how the photographer didn't notice the litter distracting the viewers eye. It is like they were so used to it being part of the environment. I'm glad we wouldn't tolerate it now. A nice trio all the same.
ReplyDeleteWell, if the photographer didn't notice the shadow he was casting, it is hardly a wonder he ignored the litter next to it... Perhaps he knew that one day, there would be a thing called photoshop that could handle all of that as if by magic...
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HUGZ