Myself (WWI-Era Photo Album)

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Image courtesy of the Hobart Historical Society.

Getting back to the little photo album I was crowing about a while ago — I have gone through the whole thing, scanning the photos and searching for descriptions hidden behind them, with considerable success. In a few cases, however, I couldn't get to the description because the slip of paper had been glued in too well, or there was writing on the back of the photo, but again, so much glue I couldn't lift the photo to read it. In a depressing number of cases, there was nothing to be found.

I've already posted one of the images from this album in this blog, of the Sauter/Wollenberg saloon building, and a couple more (of the Nickel Plate depot) in the Downtown Hobart blog.

The photo above is the last one in the album, and shows the album's owner, identity unknown. I certainly can't hope that anyone would recognize him from this picture. Behind the photo was a slip of paper with this description:

Myself
Spring – 1918
F. Fetterer's motorcycle

"F. Fetterer" would be Franklin Fetterer — Jr., I suppose, since Franklin Sr. was then about 44 years of age and an established attorney, too old and dignified, one would think, to be messing around with motorcycles. Franklin Jr. was about 18.

Nice house in the background; too bad I don't know whose or where.

Looks like there's something in the road — a little white dog?