More Swapped Photographers

 

Every time I run across a group shot, whether it's two, three or more people, I always know that one member of the group didn't make it into the frame.  The photographer just doesn't make the cut unless the camera gets passed around.  Now, these are very small prints.  I can cover them with my drivers license.  After I scanned them and they came up on the screen something didn't seem right to me.   So, I enlarged them as much as possible, and I think all four of these people are men.  I could be wrong, but I don't think I am.  Labeled, "Berwick, Pa 1919"  Berwick is near Wilks-Barre, anthracite country, lots of coal mines.

Russland 3

A few more faded prints.  The top one looks like people gathering food.  That makes sense.  With a date of "19 X 19" that puts things at a time when there was a lot of hunger in Russia.  It's impossible to tell, but I'm thinking apples and people from the land owning class at their country dacha.  The military uniform in the second picture makes one wonder.  I haven't seen any indication of these people's political leaning.  No pictures of the Tsar, Kerensky, or Lenin in the background of any of these images.  I would, however, be surprised if the people in this collection turned out to be leftists of any kind.

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