The pictorial offerings in the c.1946 CAMZ "Snapfolio" continue to raise intriguing questions. Like here: why are Gertrude and Clara dressed in almost-identical dresses, and why does Clara have more bows on her collar than does Gertrude? If she's the star of the party (such as an engagement party, but I do not know) then all those bows would mean she could not feast with proper abandon, which would be unfair.
Who is this couple? They look like nice folks. See how the third girl from the left is holding a hat over the man's head? Maybe she is stealing his fedora so his pretty face will be showing in the picture.
Why is this lovely lady triumphantly holding aloft three Tootsie Roll Pops? Or are they candied apples?
Is this the same lady, and is that one of the same girls? Check out the dress with the dramatic black-and-white motif, or whatever it is called. "Appliqué"? Perhaps mother and daughter just got done with the final fitting or hemming, and this is the dress-tailoring victory photo op.
Fourteen years earlier, in 1932, Joan Crawford appeared in a film entitled "Letty Linton." If you can get past her truly scary face you can see the dramatic black-and-white motif of her dress. So apparently this whole idea was up on the silver screen. You could say it was in the air.
Ah, well, good to know there is someone to run to when the stars and the couture get to be a little too much. Here's Adam Matynka in his bus-driver uniform, topcoat, and hat.
These mystery people are king of their mountain.
I think this is church camp. The spectators are surely engrossed.
Wow, Clara's really into it.
These buildings I believe are Camp Merrie Mount, operated by the Parish of St. Luke's. Perhaps they had a family picnic day.
CHM, CAMZ, Gertrude.
This print keeps popping up. Well, it's a good one. Thus endeth the 1946 Snapfolio. See you next time, next decade, next photographer. Z
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