Sepia Saturday challenges bloggers to share family
history through old photographs.
I could not help noticing all the trophies displayed on
the hood of the car in this week’s Sepia Saturday photo prompt. With nothing
new to add to a post about trophies written in 2013, I decided to apply a
broader interpretation: stuff on the hood of a car.
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| Photo in scrapbook of Velma Davis Woodring |
This is just another of the gazillion photos in my “UNKNOWN”
file. The original is in a scrapbook belonging to my grandaunt Velma Davis
Woodring. The driver LOOKS like Velma, but the older Velma I knew in the 1960s when
she was in her 50s. This photo was taken much earlier, probably in the
mid-1920s when she would have been a teenager. The boys are strangers to me.
The place? Probably somewhere in the town of Shenandoah, Virginia.
So what were they up to? Why did they have those branches
all over the hood? The boy is in shirt-sleeves, so it’s doubtful they were
gathering evergreen boughs for Christmas decorating. They look HAPPY, so it’s
doubtful they had just crashed into a tree.
Not much to say here. So, like the gentlemen waving in
the prompt, I’ll bid adieu.
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Wendy
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Maybe a Christmas tree going home for decorations?
ReplyDeleteYou really do have to wonder what in the world they were doing with those trees or tree branches tied to the front of the car? They're all smiling, though, so there must have been a fun reason for it. Doesn't seem like it would be Christmastime with the warm-weather clothing, but who knows?
ReplyDeleteFor firewood for a gathering? Another unsolved mystery!
ReplyDeleteBetty
Waht a shame there was no caption on the photo. Pity you couldn't look up the owner of the registration number plate on the car, it might have given you some clues.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure there's some great story connected to why the car is covered in tree branches. You could definitely let your imagination run wild and make one up for a cute little blog post.
ReplyDeleteYou have come up with an . intriguing photograph to match the prompt. It made me think of weddings we had seen in Austria where the front of the cars were decorated with flowers and greenery.
ReplyDeleteNow that's an interesting photo!
ReplyDeletePlainly a fun reason, judging on the grins...but we’re all left wondering.
ReplyDeleteCamouflage? Tree fell on car? Car hit tree? Practical joke with a 100 year delay fuse?
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