March 28, 2012

Related by Marriage: The Young Women, Back Home


Southwestern Lithuania, around 1912. These are the sisters and cousins of Mr. Irene's maternal Grandmother, Anna. Anna's sister Emily, sits on the right, and sister Marta stands on the far right.  The staging of this snapshot—and especially the positioning of woven tableclothes as backdrops—suggest it was taken the same day as this photo of the immediate family.

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