tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post5584652112727769387..comments2024-03-20T13:19:13.512-11:00Comments on TATTERED AND LOST PHOTOGRAPHS: Deconstructing THE CLASSTattered and Losthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-89685960279469196612012-09-27T17:40:05.543-11:002012-09-27T17:40:05.543-11:00That's how I think of them. We get to see what...That's how I think of them. We get to see what the parents never got to see, but would have probably rather had.Tattered and Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-33634567543037979582012-09-27T17:07:38.094-11:002012-09-27T17:07:38.094-11:00I think deconstructing class photos is a great ide...I think deconstructing class photos is a great idea. Doing so provides a chance to see closeup details that could be missed otherwise and it makes the picture more personalized. Queen Beehttp://www.beeskneesdaily.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-15029011305254924252012-09-26T12:50:28.322-11:002012-09-26T12:50:28.322-11:00That's a fascinating concept. It could be poss...That's a fascinating concept. It could be possible, but there is a woman still to be shown in the complete photo.<br /><br />And did they send children of color out on the orphan trains? There is one boy who appears to be of mixed race. I would be interested to know if African-American and Asian children were ever rounded up.Tattered and Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-25647855528823506242012-09-26T12:15:05.391-11:002012-09-26T12:15:05.391-11:00This is just a guess, but I'm thinking orphan ...This is just a guess, but I'm thinking orphan train. Form the 1850s to the 1920s, orphaned children from large eastern cities like New York and Boston were put on trains and sent west to be taken in by rural familes. It wasn't just actual orphans either. Street kids were rounded up and if they couldn't show a home they were added to the trains as well. A lot of immigrant kids who couldn't speak English also got rounded up, and if the local social worker couldn't locate a translator it was off to the railroad station. After their arrival at their new homes, the children were often put on a podium for inspection so local families could make their choice as to which kid they wanted. If one sibling was chosen but another wasn't, they would be seperated. While some of the children were adopted and became part of a new family, many were taken as unpaid farm labor. There is an archive from the orphan train movement in Concordia, Kansas. It wouldn't surprise me that your photograph has a twin in their files. WJYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14722970911455513434noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-24056327227832633952012-09-26T09:27:44.120-11:002012-09-26T09:27:44.120-11:00I'm guessing the lads are wearing hand-me-down...I'm guessing the lads are wearing hand-me-downs from older brothers. They look like they still have room to grow to fill them out.Tattered and Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-58073509961856855732012-09-26T01:42:22.916-11:002012-09-26T01:42:22.916-11:00They all look a bit...glum! Somehow the clothes do...They all look a bit...glum! Somehow the clothes don't look right either, as though they don't belong to them individually.Little Nellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11862657943846727987noreply@blogger.com