Boy with Parents and Automobiles 1925
This is a snapshot photo from the middle of the Roaring 20’s. Prohibition was enacted in January 1920, no wonder the decade was roaring! Like illegal marijuana today, the criminalization of alchohol fostered a deep distrust and disrespect for authority in the Flapper age.
But none of that in this photo. Here we have a couple with their soon-to-be teenage son, standing next to an automobile, in front of another automobile, while a third vehicle to the right has a passenger and seems ready to escape. There is a barn-like structure in the background, suggesting a family get-together at the grand-folks farm.
The license plate on the leftmost automobile leaves no doubt this is 1925, and the lady’s hat, and just-below-the-knees skirt confirm that. Both gentleman and son have thin ties, left untucked, white shirts and dark trousers. Pop wears a fedora with silk ribbon band around the brim, and sonny has a typical newsboys cap.
What I really find interesting about this image is the frame around the picture. I have yet to find this exact pattern on any earlier image — though I have seen it as late as 1941. The 1920s, 30s and 40s had lots of different frames around snapshots, and in time I hope I can date the popularity span for each one. What about it? Got any snaps with framing lines around the image?
