Exchanging Portraits (Part 2)

Probably Schweinfurt, Germany, about 1946. In Lithuania, owning a custom-made folkdress became popular in the late 1930s. Some women were lucky to have packed their folkdresses when they became refugees. After the war, Displaced Persons often wore national folkdress when they sat for portraits. Folk costumes were symbols of national identity.

Here is a photo my Dad's twin, Jonė, received from a friend.

(Old studio portraits skillfully captured shadows to highlight a subject's features.)