Commentary on the Old Photograph

Questions in Green:
1. It looks like this photo was taken sometime in the late twenties, early thirties. Since the ladies are wearing heavy fur coats I am going to assume it was taken in the winter. The location of the picture is hard to tell since there really isn’t much in the background. I am also going to assume it was taken in the city, most likely New York, because the ladies look very well dressed. I don’t think if this picture had been taken in the country during this time period that the ladies would be so dressed up.
2. They actually look like a family. The man and the older woman are about the same age, while the girl on the left is younger. He is also looking at the older woman and not the younger indicating that he is probably talking to his wife.
3. These people are obviously rich and from a good family. The older woman looks like she would be sort of a busy-body and a gossip. The man looks like he is the cigar-by-the-fire play-cards-with-your-buddies type of guy. The personality of the younger woman isn’t very obvious in this picture. She looks like she is very sheltered and conservative.
4. It looks like this photo was taken as one of those “Let’s have a picture of the family” moments. It looks like they were posing but the picture was taken right as the man was saying something to the older woman. It almost looks like a travel photo, as if they were taking a picture as they were on their way to somewhere.