The man in front is in his army uniform, and the man on the right is all navy. At least that's what the bit of his collar, the only bit of clothing that can be seen, looks like. How about the man just behind the woman with the fur stole? An all-military reunion? Almost certainly from World War 2.
What is the T.C. W. Co.? It's in the lower left corner, so maybe this isn't a school class photo. It probably is. All the children look like they are around the same age, and they are in the classic class photo setup. Also, 2908, which is also visible in the lower left corner. Is that a date? August 1929? The clothing and hair look right for that era.
Well, I haven't been posting anything for a while, and my only excuse is sheer laziness. I just haven't felt like it. So, now that I'm back, I thought it was time to put up the final five photographs from the Hamburg Vacation Collection. (Go to labels and click on that to see the lot. There's no rhyme or reason to the order, so start anywhere.) To recap, if I were to give an honest name to this blog, it would be The Newly Purchased Photography. Almost all of the photos I put up have been bought in antique stores, thrift stores, or online. Once in a while, however, I actually do find old photos, and this collection is an example of that. I was walking along the street, and there it was. Color snapshots taken in Hamburg, Germany blowing around, and envelopes of old negatives. I thought about digging out the light box and matching up the prints to the negs, but I was worried that, on my limited income, I'd end up spending money on having prints made from any negatives that I couldn't match to a photo, so I didn't.
