Friday, November 14, 2014

An All-embracing Hug



I was attracted to this postcard by the the unusual pose, and how the subjects all looked like they were having fun hugging each other and posing for the camera. There is no information on the back, so I have no idea about the who or where. I think that they probably were all members of the same family. The two girls on the left look a lot like each other and the woman (mother?) behind them.

It looks like the subjects gave a good deal of thought about where to place their arms and hands, which resulted in their being linked forever in this photo.


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17 comments:

  1. And everyone is smiling. I wonder if daughter #3 was supposed to be looking forward like the other two, making this photo one happy mistake. I hope there was a dad who cherished this photo of his girls with their mother.

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  2. Now I get your comment, Embracing, I love it. It really stood out for some reason..... they sure are embraced!

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  3. Absolutely delightful! Loving expressions all round.

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  4. Absolutely beautiful.
    I also wanted to say how much I enjoyed your last Sepia Saturday post, there are some super postcards there.

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  5. I agree a likely Mom nd daughters, the two on the left surely resemble the woman. A lovely photo.

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  6. A stunning photo! My first impression were of a theatrical family and then a school teacher and her students, but mother and girls seems right. They are so similar could they be triplets?

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  7. Looking at that photo you simply cannot, not smile! Absolutely lovely. And that they're smiling! Generally in older photos, no one smiled because of the time it took to take the picture. This photo must have been taken with a newer-type camera & hooray for that, else it would never have been so captivating.

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  8. An outstanding photo. The girls surely must be sisters.

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  9. That is such a wonderful photograph to match this week's theme. You cannot help but smile at their happiness. It make such a contrast to the stilted formal images we see in this period. If we only knew who they were!

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  10. Mother and daughters, it has to be. A happy group.

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  11. I like the way the photographer posed the group...for I'm pretty sure it was his expertise that had those children's arms all entwined that way. And they probably were about to start pinching each other (like sisters do) or making faces, so he got the arms right, then the on on the right with her head tilted so far back to look at Mum, and finally a command to smile! (They probably hadn't thought of saying cheese yet!) Great image!

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  12. That is beautiful. I really do hope they were a family and not a group put together to make a nice postcard.

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  13. That must be a perfect example of what these days is referred to as a group hug! A lovely photograph, whether posed or no.

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  14. Group hug! That is a perfect description!

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  15. For all that they are formally dressed it is such a lovely intimate photo and the symbolic linking of arms seems to reflect real affection.

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