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Eleven Ladies in the Parlor

Eleven Ladies in the Parlor
A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of holding hands.

A photo of eleven women -- six standing, one seated on a chair, two kneeling, and two holding hands as they sit on the floor -- taken in front of a window in the parlor. Notice the distinctive wallpaper and the pump organ on the left.

There's a partial list of the women's names written on the other side (see below), but there aren't any clues about the location or reason for their get-together.

This is a real photo postcard, and the type of Azo stamp box (with four corner triangles pointing up) printed on the back suggests a possible date that may be as early as 1904 to 1918.

Written on the other side:

Top row left to right

1 Ethel May
2 Maud Ressler
3 Mered Diets
4 [no name]
5 [no name]
6 Gertrude Harrington

Setting down

1 Fern Rinker
2 [no name]
3 Mrs. Cora Pommert
4 Wave Pace [possibly Wave Bernadine Pace Sanderson]
5 Irene Rinker

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Comments
 raingirl
raingirl club
they are so fascinating! and one can't help but wonder who has drawn their attention to the side.

very cool.
17 months ago.
 Deborah Lundbech
Deborah Lundbech club
Here's Cora. Looks like she died shortly after this.
www.findagrave.com/memorial/120320480/cora-estella-pommert
(Assuming Wave is who's shown, as she was born in 1898.)
17 months ago.
 Deborah Lundbech
Deborah Lundbech club
This group of women have a look reminiscent of a (party game) seance, to me.
It's an intriguing photo!
17 months ago.
 RicksPics
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Another interesting photo, Alan. My first impression was that poor Gertrude had just experienced an embarrassing growling stomach but I much prefer Deborah's parlor game theory.
17 months ago. Edited 17 months ago.
 Alan Mays
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Thanks, everyone! It's always amazing to me how it's possible to identify people (at least tentatively if not definitively) in photos that are 100 years old. Thanks, Deborah, for the lead on Cora!
16 months ago.

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