Family Tree Frog

Alan at Sepia Saturday says: Three men. One bottle of whiskey. A friendly argument. A woman watching from the sidelines. The photograph was taken in Alberta back in 1916. 100 years later, the discussions still go on and all too often - at our house at least - a decent bottle of single malt will help the participants underline a point or emphasise an argument. The difference is, I am pleased to say, that women no longer hide in the background. There are a bottle full of potential themes for Sepia Saturday participants - drinking, sharing, posing and lurking have been suggested. Just a short one this week as I haven't really been able to find anything to match the theme.  This is the best I can do I'm afraid. There's three men and yes they are posing for the shot.  There's a lot of drink lurking behind them.     The sepia photo above is from the McLoughlin collection.  I think it is part of the set of photos that I posted about before which s...

I'm being a tad cheeky here because I don't know if my grandfather did in fact go to PNG but.... I found these photos in his album so I'm having a bit of a think and an explore and an investigation to try and discover what on earth they could be about. I don't know when these photos were taken but I'm guessing in the 1930s.   On the back of this photo is the word " Medang ".   The other clue in the photo is of course the name of the boat which I am reading as Macdhu. When I look up Macdhu on Trove I find lots of references to a boat but particularly between 1930-1939 with many falling around 1933, 1937 and 1938. Here's another photo of the boat.  On the stern it says Macdhui Sydney. Here's another picture of Medang And another one of Kavieng from the deck And another Here are some of Finchhafen... And to finish off here are some from Samarai. .. It is so frustr...