Ballantyne Brothers (WWI-Era Photo Album)

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Images courtesy of the Hobart Historical Society.

In front of the same house we've just seen, two daring young men doing stunts on motorcycles. The handwritten notes behind the photo reads:

Ballantyne Bros.
Spring – 1918

Looking at the family of James and Tillie Ballantyne in the 1910 Census, I'm guessing these two are Elmer and Milton, who would have been about 21 and 17, respectively, in 1918.

Below this photo on page 49 of the album, we encounter a blank space where there was probably once a photograph, and below it this caption:



"Bally" is a likely nickname for a Ballantyne. "Brick" is a likely nickname for any man living in Hobart.