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Friday, November 8, 2013

Sepia Saturday 202 Cloche hats and the same couple or?

Oh what a treat, I offer this week a couple unknown to me who posed sans camera and whose photo was  amongst those of my late Uncle John Irwin, grandson of the  very late JR Irwin last week's post.  I have suspected that this small photo might be of  Uncle John's parents, Ned and Jessie Irwin....but since it was not labeled, I am unsure.  If it is it is only one of two photos I know of Ned, his father.  The cloche hat and the auto in the background make me think of the early 30's.  I cannot identify what she is holding in her hand, a treat?  He appears to have a cigarette hanging from his mouth and his left arm has moved blurring the photo...And what's up with the man behind them?. Ned and Jessie traveled extensively, Europe and especially England, are they off to parts unknown or just returning?  Why is he bare headed when all other photos of this era have men in  hats?  She appears bundled up in trench coat and hat and he is sans overcoat too?  So many questions and suppositions, for this photo of mystery to me today a couple out and about, no beach no camera..

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http://sepiasaturday.blogspot.com/2013/11/sepia-saturday-202-9-november-2013.html
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16 comments:

  1. BoobookNovember 8, 2013 at 9:45 PM

    Still, for all that, an interesting photo. I wonder what she is holding in her hand. The cloche hat suits her face.

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  2. Terra November 8, 2013 at 10:06 PM

    Intriguing people in the photo.

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  3. JofeathNovember 9, 2013 at 4:11 AM

    There must have been a reason for taking the photo, but it's certainly not obvious to an uninformed observer.

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  4. SharonNovember 9, 2013 at 6:22 AM

    To me it looks like he is about to put his hat on, which is why there is movement?

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  5. UnknownNovember 9, 2013 at 7:47 AM

    I think Sharon's right about the hat business; I'm not sure that's a cigarette he's got in his mouth (too fat, too big). But that cloche hat certainly fits the bill here; is she holding a big peach pit?

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  6. 21 WitsNovember 9, 2013 at 10:04 AM

    Is she eating something perhaps? She holds it like it's sticky or messy to touch. I really like this couple, very engaging they are and it's cool how the photographer caught his taking off or putting on of his hat. Possibly not what the photographer had in mind, but it's very fun for us!

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  7. 21 WitsNovember 9, 2013 at 10:05 AM

    Oh almost forgot, I bet that's a cigar in his mouth?

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  8. Kat MortensenNovember 9, 2013 at 10:07 AM

    Ned and Jessie were obviously spies incognito, and the guy in behind is tailing them. Case Closed. Ha ha

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  9. Kat MortensenNovember 9, 2013 at 10:08 AM

    Maybe she's holding a ring-box with a diamond in it, and he removed his hat when he proposed.

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  10. KristinNovember 9, 2013 at 11:01 AM

    I think the guy in the hat is about to arrest Ned because of the big "cigarette" he has hanging out of his mouth. He was about to cover his face with the hat, but too late for that. She is, perhaps, eating a candy bar.

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  11. UnknownNovember 9, 2013 at 11:31 AM

    Ahh my fellow Sepians have not disappointed me, great tales now to hang with the photo! Perhaps so, movement with the hat, cigar, spies....yes good fun. Sometimes it's more amusing to ponder...

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  12. PostcardyNovember 9, 2013 at 1:52 PM

    He's holding his hat. Maybe he took it off to greet someone. Maybe that is some kind of candy in his mouth, or one of those party things that you blow in.

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  13. WendyNovember 10, 2013 at 6:42 AM

    She's holding something in both hands (unless she has 2 thumbs on the right hand). OK, now I can't quit studying that picture. I hate being defeated by a puzzle.

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  14. AnonymousNovember 10, 2013 at 11:42 PM

    Ah family history, full of mysteries. Good post.

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  15. Bob ScotneyNovember 11, 2013 at 9:11 AM

    He is about to show how he throws his hand on with a frisbee motion,

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  16. UnknownNovember 11, 2013 at 8:25 PM

    sure enough Ned has hat in hand; I did not notice that before---how's this he has a big bubblegum cigar in his mouth and Jessie plans to squash it with the lump of coal in her hand...

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