Warren Photos 4

And just to finish off, here are the last two photographs from the collection of negatives from the Warren family in Pennsylvania. If you like old cars or roadside souvenirs, this will interest you.

Now this is an impressive automobile. I wonder if it came with the stars on the bonnet
 and doors as standard or whether they were added afterwards?

Now, judging by display of goods for sale. Flamingos were popular in Pennsylvania.
Are flamingos common in North America and are these types of roadside wares still common?

Warren Photos 2

Two more images of the Warren family in 1920s Pennsylvania. When there is snow on the ground and you are a hungry rabbit, the last thing you need to happen is bump into one of the Warren boys. Especially when they are pointing a shotgun right at you! One for the pot? I guess so. It makes me what to shout out that famous Pantomime cry: "He's behind you!" I wonder what those small huts are behind the unfortunate rabbit. Could they be hutches? Any ideas?

In complete contrast, in the next photograph, it is late summer and the harvest is in full swing. This is a very large load. My! Has anyone seen my cart? Remarkable.

Warren Family Photos!

Pennsylvania covers 45,308 square miles. It has 67 counties and, in 1900, two-thirds of the State was farmland. In the twentieth century, the number of farms, there, dropped from 225,000 to 59,000. So why am I telling you this? Well, because I recently acquired some negatives from Mechanicsburg in Cumberland Country PA. They were purchased at an estate sale but the seller could say where for sure. They are said to be of the Warren family,and to date from the late 1920s. The family look is quite distinctive and they had some unusual pastimes . . . I'd love to know more about them. Anyone know how I might research the family?

These Warren boys certainly had a thing about skunks - shooting them, that is!

Nowadays, having your sweetcorn field flooded would be considered a disaster.
Not these youngsters who paddled out in their canoe for a look!