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1918
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Up On A Roof

Up On A Roof
Uploaded for the Vintage Photos Theme Park theme of: PEOPLE ON ROOFTOPS
Photo from an album given to me by a library patron.
This photo has a lot going on! Nuns, sailors, a soldier, a nurse, and (I think) a regular civilian. (Or is that some official stripe she's wearing?)
Taken c. 1918.

Phil Sutters, Smiley Derleth, Nautilus, Aschi "Freestone" have particularly liked this photo


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 Nautilus
Nautilus
il se pourrait que cette photo soit en rapport avec un lieu de convalescence pour des militaires ...( ? ). Soldats + infirmières +religieuses.
4 years ago.
 Deborah Lundbech
Deborah Lundbech club
hmmm. It's possible - but the sailors and the soldier look pretty healthy - and it's hard to imagine a trip to the roof from a working hospital.
You could be right, though. Perhaps they are visiting friends there - and this is a family & friend group having their photo taken on the roof of the infirmary.
4 years ago. Edited 4 years ago.
 RicksPics
RicksPics club
What an interesting rooftop group you have, Deborah. Looks like a scene from a Dan Brown novel. I suspect the nun on the right. :). No, really very nice and curious. What is that apparatus they are positioned upon? Are those pulleys? Maybe for pulling in clothes lines?? But regardless, who can pass this chance with this theme? www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDqS1d7tE8o
4 years ago. Edited 4 years ago.
 HaarFager
HaarFager club
Maybe the woman standing next to the soldier in back is his wife or girlfriend?
4 years ago.

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