Ties and Suspenders ~~ A "Sepia Saturday" Post

I've always loved the fact that people used to dress so formally, as opposed to now, when they'll walk into a grocery store wearing pajamas!

This week's Sepia Saturday prompt photo shows men wearing ties and suspenders. That was an easy one to play with, for me.

The following is a photo of most of my mom's family members, taken in (I assume) the 1940s. My mom and dad are noticeably absent, and I assume my Uncle Johnny was not yet married because his wife, my Aunt Wanda, isn't in the shot.

From left to right, top to bottom, the personnel are: First row, my Aunt Esther, wife of my
mom's brother Billy; my aunt Josie, my mom's older sister; Josie's husband Joe. Dominick,
second husband of my grandmother (who was also named Josephine). Second row, my
grandmother Josephine; my Uncle Eddie's wife Olga (?); my mom's brother Johnny; my mom's
brother Eddie; and mom's brother Billy! Seated on the floor at left is Josie & Joe's daughter,
my cousin Janice (whom I've never met). My Uncle Albert was the camera bug in the family,
and he's absent from this shot (but in the next one), so I assume he took this photo.

"The Hartman Boys," as I call 'em! Billy, Johnny, Eddie, and Albert. My maternal
uncles, obviously taken on the same day or evening as the previous photo!

I don't know whose idea it was that the four Hartman brothers all put their arms around each other, but you can tell from the photo that none of them were particularly comfortable. Ours was never a "huggy" family, and this photo of the Hartman boys clearly shows this. But I love the photo more since it illustrates that very fact.

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