“It looks like Melvin is showing Duke how to do something - shoot a gun? load one? slingshot? I think it’s Aunt Vivian in the background on the left. Duke looks like he’s about 7 or 8 years old.” -from Jan
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“In the background is the old Derry homestead. The porch is the front of the house but I don’t think the front door was ever used. Uncle Melvin is on the left, Daddy is in the middle and Uncle Sandy is on the right.” -from Jan
George would have been about sixty in this picture. Sandy was younger and Melvin was the youngest.
Click on the picture to see a slightly larger and more detailed version..
posted by Paula
From left, back row: Bill May, Geo W., Melvin, Arthur (Grandpa), Melvina (Grandma) Derry
Front row: Sandy, Madelyn (Melvin’s daughter), Altha M (Zaida Derry May’s daughter), Arthur May (Zaida’s son), Janis (Geo’s daughter), & Duke (Geo’s son)
[Edited on August 4 2008 to replace picture with higher-resolution scam. Click on the picture to see it full size.]
Paula
