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Images courtesy of E.H.
This solemn young man is identified by a note on the back of the postcard:
Junke was the maiden name of Minnie Rossow Harms' maternal grandmother. In a conversation recorded in 1982, Minnie mentions a Carl Junke as her grandmother's nephew — that is, a son of her grandmother's brother — and it sounds as if he spent time in Hobart, but I can't find identify him in any census.
The style of stamp box on that postcard was in use between 1910 and 1930. I'm inclined to date this closer to 1910 than to 1930 mainly because I think painted background scenery for formal photos was out of style by 1930.
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Very interesting background! Sitting in a parlor chair on the deck of a rolling ship and is that a lighthouse or the Statue of Liberty on the left??
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