More on investigating pictures.

Pictures truely can tell a story. I started out with a photo of eight women and their first names. I even had the location and date, so how much more could investigating this picture tell me? The answer is plenty. I realized that I had 2 more pictures taken the same day. They had been labled so I was able to tell who's house was in the background. As I studied to put last names on the eight ladies I realized it was a mother/daughter picture. My eight great Aunts and their daughters. Looking at another one of the pictures taken on that day, my parents, my brother and myself (as a baby) were in it. Then I knew the context of the picture. Six months before the picture had been taken,  my father had been diagnosed with cancer. He had sent his family to live with his mother until he finished treatment. This was his homecoming and he took time out to travel north to visit his mothers sisters. They took time out to gather in one place to greet him and wish him well.