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Another great pic! If that's Grandpa, second from the right, then this wasn't taken the same day as Photo 25, since he's now wearing a dark suit.The cow has been replaced by a neat little dog. Part weiner dog; part south Hamburg.
Grandpa doesn't list a place (other than Hamburg), so I wonder where this is. Is it the Schuykill River, or a pond? And if they're standing on a bridge across the river/pond, then where do those two planks go to?
The second guy from the left is carrying a rifle. So was this a hunting excursion? Maybe, but no one else has a firearm. And once again, that's mighty formal attire to be traipsing around in the woods looking to shoot something.
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That's not Grandpa, and he's not on this picture. It is the same group of men, maybe, but the dog looks different. There was a lot of backwater places around Hamburg, what with several creeks, a canal and a river, plus millponds and millraces, inlets for boat yards etc., and they were always full of rats. This was a leisurely stroll, but they took the gun along to shoot rats, a very popular pastime.
Janet
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