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Autumn of 1941 at Uncle Carp's, North Chevy Chase, Maryland. People are Bobby Carpenter (me), cousin Harriet Carpenter, Margaret (Johnson) Carpenter, Aunt Esther Johnson, Grandmother Johnson, Aunt Florence Carpenter, cousin Frank Carpenter. Charles (Uncle Carp) Carpenter kneeling at fire. View full size.
Looking back with hindsight, this is kind of a wistful image. It was one of those last moments in the US in which a family could have a relatively carefree afternoon before we got into the war.
I'm guessing you're about the same age as my Mom. She was born in November of 1930.
This is from a single-frame 35 mm image taken with a fixed-focus Agfa Memo camera.
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