Odd Man Out (Unidentified Glass-Plate Image)

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Image courtesy of the Hobart Historical Society.

This looks like a cozy crowd, doesn't it? — all hand-in-hand and arm-around-shoulder — until you get to that poor wall-eyed guy at the right end of the back row. What have they got against him? Or what has he got against them? — in which case, why is he even there?

And how did his tie get pulled askew like that?

All unidentified.

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[8/14/2017 update] — From C.K. Melin, two more possible identifications:

standing, at far right end: Arthur Melin

seated, at far right end: Deering Melin

They are both sons of Andrew & Emma Melin. Art was quite tall and gangly, with rather protruding ears. You could compare the images to the Andrew Melin family photo in your blog.

We also have a portrait of Deering Melin as a high-school senior.