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The 9th Edition of Smile For The Camera - a Carnival of Images is Up

     

A very huge 9th Edition of Smile for the Camera carnival is now up.  There are about 47 photographic mysteries for you to explore all having the theme "Who Are You? I Really Want to Know."   

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Who is This Guy?

 

This is probably one of the strangest photos I have.  I don't know who this young man is, but I know he's from my maternal side (Zaring).  Here we have a goofy looking kid of about 15 or 16 standing in front of a dirty crumpled flag that's touching the ground.  In trying to date the photo, I noticed the flag has 48 stars and this occured between 4 July 1912-3 July 1959.  Based on where the photo was in my grandmother's album, I suspect it's closer to 1912.  Obviously the kid is dressed in his Sunday best including a coat, tie, and hat - what I can't figure out are the combat type of boots and the dusty/dirty high water pants.

I'm pretty sure he's related to me, but I'm not too sure I'm happy with this based on the strange photo...although I bet future genealogy guys in my family will say the same thing about me.

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Smile for the Camera - Mystery Woman Identified

Here is my very first contribution to the Smile for the Camera Carnival.  This photo was a mystery to me for a long time.  While it's not my absolute favorite photo, I was sort of obsessed about finding out who this attractive young woman was.  She's in a number of photos in my maternal grandmother's album and the captions all only say "Peggy."  All of them are dated from the early 1920s and always depict her as a young, stylish and attractive woman.  She appeared about the same age as my grandmother so I just figured she was a friend.

A few years ago I was going through one of my mother's albums and I found this tiny photo of a young woman with a hat on - it's about 1/2 inch square, but on the back it says "Aunt Peggy."  I immediately scanned it and compared it to the others and, based on a number of indicators, figured out it was the sister of my grandmother's first husband.  Her name was Marguerite Marie Zaring (1905-1983).  I don't know why she was called "Peggy," but it sure was nice to finally figure out who this woman was.

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